Part V. Individual Report Draft due Friday 5/7/2021, 5 pm

This report draft is to be submitted by each group member separately. Everyone must write their own report draft and use their own words, although you may be writing about (and including in your report) the same graphs and statistical findings. Grades will be given individually. Please create a subsection in your draft for each of the following items. This will provide the structure for your paper as well as your upcoming presentation. 

  1. Introduction: provide the appropriate background to set up your paper. What motivated you to study this topic? How is it relevant? To whom is it relevant? Define the study terms/concepts determined by the group. What were the project goals?
  2. Hypothesis: provide a clear and fully developed statement(s) that predict study outcomes.
  3. Measures: clearly state and describe whichever measures you have chosen. The type of data collected from each measure and the form in which they are measured (e.g., raw v. percentages) should be clear. Key variables should be described. Provide justification for why particular measures were chosen.
  4. Data collection: state all data collection methods including details of study procedure and data procurement.
  5. Sample Characteristics: provide information about how samples were created and recruited. Provide sample sizes and characteristics (e.g., age, gender, education). Consider the following questions: do you feel your sample is a good representation of the population. Why or why not?
  6. Statistical Analysis: describe the analyses that will be performed.  How will data be organized and presented? The use of particular inferential tests should be justified. Be sure to provide statistical cut-offs you plan to use.
  7. Results: present results in appropriate statistical summary format as well as appropriate charts, diagrams etc. 
  8. Conclusions: findings should be summarized in plain English and related back to the original study goal/purpose.  Have you found sufficient evidence to support your hypothesis statement(s)?
  9. Implications: provide a discussion about what these findings suggest and how they can shape our understanding of the topic. If you could change anything in a future study, what would it be? How can future work build on your project?

Some examples of graded reports:

Model-1Download
Model-2Download