Unit 8: Research Design.

Research Design.

Starting with JARS – read APA Chapter 3

Do you remember the stunningly amazing journal article deconstruction chapter that provided you with the general layout below? We gonna be hanging out section 5 for a while, talkin ’bout research questions, variables, being skeptical, and METHODS.

(general layout)

1. Title 

2. Abstract 

3. Introduction

4. Literature review

5. Methods 

• The methods section explains the specific procedures and actions done and who they were done to (the participants).
• It typically includes the procedures, participants, and analysis.
  • ex:  In our experiment, we recorded the test scores before and after Dunkin’ was added to campus. Our participants were 150 students who were all members of the Social Scientific: Communication Research Methods Class. We specifically selected academic scores from tests… (etc.).

6. Results/Findings (Conclusion, end results)

7. Discussion

8. Bibliography/ References