Cyberbullying

PSY 444 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: The final project for this course is a formal research project based on one of the psychological topics provided, or a topic of your choice (to be
approved by your instructor), and it will include the following components: abstract, introduction, methods and results, discussion, and references. Your report
should be developed as if it were being presented at an undergraduate research conference.
The final project is meant for you to propose a hypothetical study. You are not and should not be conducting human-subject research for this project. It is not
necessary for the purposes of this assignment. All human-subject research requires written approval from the SNHU COCE Institutional Review Board in order
to protect the welfare and ensure ethical treatment of the subjects.”
Instructions for this Assignment: Submit a draft of the methods and results sections of your research report. There are several important objectives that need
to be accomplished in the methods and results section.
The methods section is a thorough description of the procedure you will use for your study, including the following:
 A description of the experimental procedure and the setting for your study
 The types of subjects and how they will be selected and assigned
 How data will be collected, recorded, and analyzed, and a description of the instrumentation used
 The methods for the ethical treatment of subjects (e.g., informed consent, debriefing)
 Clearly described data analysis methods (for the statistics used)
The results section details the findings from the study and includes the following:
 Results directly related to the original hypothesis and follow logically from the goals and the design of the research (research questions and hypotheses)
 Data used to describe patterns and relationships revealed by the study
 Conclusions are logically summarized and interpreted in relation to the hypothesis and research questions
The following critical elements in the Final Project Rubric are related to this milestone:
III. Methods and Results: For the next part of your research report, you will develop the methods and results sections, which inform potential readers of
how you conducted your study and what the statistical results of the study were. These sections should contain the following elements, which will
demonstrate your ability to detail the process of conducting research and to appropriately convey your results:
A. Explain the methods of how you conducted your study
B. Conduct statistical analyses as appropriate
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: The draft of your methods and results sections should be 4–5 pages in length, double spaced, with 12-point Times New Roman font,
one-inch margins, and APA formatting. Cite any references using APA formatting.
Critical Elements Meets Expectations (100%) In Progress (75%) Does Not Meet Expectations (0%) Value
Methods:
Experimental
Procedure
Provides a thorough description of the
experimental procedure, including the
setting for the experiment
Provides a description of the
experimental procedure, but description
lacks detail or is inaccurate
Does not describe the experimental
procedure to be used in the study
15
Methods: Types
of Subjects
Identifies the types of subjects to be
included in the study and how they will be
selected and assigned
Identifies the types of subjects to be
included in the study and/or how they
will be selected and assigned, but
description contains inaccuracies or
minimal details
Does not identify the types of subjects
included in the study
15
Methods: Data
Collection
Describes how data will be collected,
recorded, and analyzed, as well as the
instrumentation to be used
Describes how data will be collected,
recorded, and analyzed, and/or the
instrumentation to be used, but
description contains inaccuracies or
minimal details
Does not describe how data will be
collected
15
Methods: Ethical
Treatment
Thoroughly discusses the methods for ethical
treatment of subjects and how they will be
applied to this study
Thoroughly discusses the methods for
ethical treatment of subjects and/or how
they will be applied to this study, but
discussion contains inaccuracies or
minimal details
Does not discuss methods for ethical
treatment of subjects
15
Methods: Data
Analysis
Clearly describes the data analysis methods
to be used in the study
Describes the data analysis methods to
be used in the study, but description
contains inaccuracies or minimal details
Does not describe data analysis
methods
15
Results and
Conclusions
Reports results directly related to the
hypothesis, summarizing conclusions
accurately and logically
Reports results directly related to the
hypothesis and/or summarizes
conclusions, but description contains
inaccuracies or minimal details
Does not report results or summarize
conclusions
15
Articulation of
Response
Submission has no major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization
Submission has major errors related to
citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or
organization that negatively impact
readability and articulation of main ideas
Submission has critical errors related
to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax,
or organization that prevent
understanding of ideas
10
Total 100%