relationship betweem juror gender and defendants prior record and if that affects whether they think the defendant is guilty or not

Prepare a 10-page individual APA-style research paper that includes the information outlined in the grading rubric provided on Canvas (attached to this assignment). All papers must be typed in accordance to APA-style format. You can learn about APA format in the 7th edition (2020) of the APA Publication manual and/or the Purdue OWL Formatting Guide

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. The paper must be typed in 12-inch Times New Roman font and double-spaced with 1-inch margins. The paper must include a minimum of 8 references in APA style. References must be primary sources (e.g., scholarly journal articles or books) and the majority should be current (i.e., from the last 10 years). It should be 10-pages excluding the title page, abstract, references, tables, and figures. Although we will work on the research projects as a class, you are responsible for writing your own unique paper.

INTRODUCTION

Uses past literature to provide context for research question.

Synthesizes description of past literature.

States all research questions.

Explains the importance of research questions.

HYPOTHESES

Has hypothesis for main effect of prior record.

Effectively justifies hypothesis for main effect of prior record.

Has hypothesis for main effect of juror gender.

Effectively justifies hypothesis for main effect of juror gender.

Has hypothesis for interaction.

ffectively justifies hypothesis for interaction.

METHOD

Describes sample.

Describes independent variables and operationalizations.

Describes dependent variables

Describes materials.

Describes procedure

results

provides descriptive statistics for main effect of prior record

Provides inferential statistics for main effect of prior record

Describes pattern of results for main effect of prior record.

Provides descriptive statistics for main effect of juror gender.

Provides inferential statistics for main effect of juror gender

Describes pattern of results for main effect of juror gender

Provides descriptive statistics for interaction

Provides inferential statistics for interaction

Describes pattern of results for interaction

DISCUSSION

Explains whether hypothesis for main effect of prior record was supported

explains whether hypothesis for main effect of juror gender was supported

Explains whether hypothesis for interaction was supported.

Describes limitations of study method

REFERENCES

Provides correct APA-style citations

Uses at least eight relevant peer-reviewed sources, at least two of which were found by the student independently

WRITING

Writing is clear and sources are adequately paraphrased.

Grammar and spelling are correct

Paper is correctly formatted in APA style.