1. Undertake a critical literature review which will entail reading comprehensively
\naround the topic of your choice.
\n2. Define a problem in such a way that it is open to empirical investigation.
\n3. Develop a research design which will appropriately address the question posed.
\n4. Carry out the project with due regard to methodological, interpersonal,
\nadministrative and ethical factors.
\n5. Undertake an appropriate analysis of the data.
\n6. Write up the project in a way which clearly communicates the background to
\nthe question posed, the way in which the question was empirically addressed,
\nthe extent to which the results permit an answer to it, and any future research
\nthat the results might suggest. Projects should be typed on white paper, double-spaced, with approximately a
\n1\u201d margin top, bottom and right, and with a 1.5\u201d margin on the left (to aid the
\nbinding process).
\n\u2022 Whilst there are no set rules for font size or type, as a rule of thumb 12-point
\nArial or Times New Roman should probably be used. If in doubt, check with your
\nsupervisor for further guidance.
\n\u2022 Page numbers are essential throughout, excluding the Appendices.
\n\u2022 There is a maximum word limit of 8000 words, but no minimum word length is
\nstipulated. The word limit does not include the Reference Section, Appendices,
\nor any tables, including titles, in your Results section. Exceeding the word limit
\nwill result in a reduction of your project mark. You must also upload an electronic copy of your project having included your
\nSPSS data file as an appendix to blackboard. Please also make sure that you
\nsend it to your supervisor so that your project can be checked for word length.
\nPlease note that an identical electronic copy of your project must be uploaded to
\nTurnitin Checker tool by the same deadline as the paper copies so that it can be checked
\nfor plagiarism. ABSTRACT: \u201cWill the reader know, in essence but not in detail\u201d:
\n1. What question(s) your study was attempting to address?
\n2. How you \u2018operationalised\u2019 it (them)? More simply, will they know what
\nvariables, if any, you manipulated, and what variables you measured?
\n3. What you found?
\n4. What you concluded?
\nINTRODUCTION: \u201cWill the reader know\u201d:
\n1. What general issues your experiment or study is seeking to explore, and why?
\n2. What the current state of knowledge is about these general issues, based on
\nyour literature review of current research findings?
\n3. How the general issues gave rise to your particular hypotheses or predictions,
\nand what the rationale for your study is? In order to achieve this you need to
\nhave told the reader, in general terms, something about your
\nexperiment\/study, for example you will need to have stated what the
\ndependent and independent variables are.
\n4. What your hypotheses\/predictions are?
\nMETHOD: \u201cWill the reader\u201d:
\n1. Understand how you designed your experiment\/study?
\n2. Understand how your \u2018Method\u2019 tests your hypotheses\/prediction?
\n3. Have sufficient information to be able to repeat your experiment\/study in exact
\ndetail?
\nRESULTS: \u201cWill the reader\u201d:
\n1. Be able to look at a table of (usually) means\/SD data and readily make the
\ncomparisons required to see if your findings are in the predicted directions?
\n2. Be able to see whether your results are statistically significant?
\nNOTE: Any Figures, Graphs or Charts should be included in the RESULTS section, and
\nmay be mentioned in the DISCUSSION. Only include such figures if they clarify results
\nalready presented in a Table, (e.g. if you are interested in how performance varies over
\ntime then the data in the Table would be clarified by being further represented on a
\ngraph). Remember to give a clear title (often called a \u2018legend\u2019) to each Table or Figure.
\nPlease always follow the APA guidelines.
\nDISCUSSION: \u201cWill the reader\u201d:
\n1. Have been given a brief summary of the major findings?
\n2. Have been taken through the implications of the major findings, i.e. the extent
\nto which the results strengthen or weaken the hypotheses?
\n3. Have their attention drawn to any major flaws in the experiment\/study which
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\nlead you to have reservations about your findings and their implications? (N.B.
\nthis should not be taken as an invitation to \u2018trawl\u2019 around for trivial criticisms
\nof your study).
\n4. Have been invited to consider how your results might suggest further questions
\nwhich warrant investigation by research<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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