Literature Review & Proposal



Literature Review & Proposal

Step #1: Write each portion of the review & proposal into the space provided – use sentences and paragraphs !!!

Step #2: On separate pages below, compose the content into a properly formatted APA research report.

The gray sections do not need to be filled out!!! Gray sections are for grading purposes only.

|Section/Content |Points |Type the content of that section |

|Title Page |11 | |

|Running Head |2 | |

|Title |5 | |

|Author(s) |2 | |

|Affiliation |2 | |

|Abstract |6 | |

|Heading |1 | |

|Summary of articles |2 | |

|Summary of integration |1 | |

|Summary of proposal |2 | |

|Body | | |

|Intro/Lynn&Mynier |99 | |

|Title |2 | |

|Introductory paragraph telling the | | |

|purpose and scope of the review | | |

| |4 | |

|Lynn & Mynier Article | | |

|Subheading |3 | |

|Appropriate in-text citation |3 | |

|Study 1 | | |

|What is the purpose of the research| | |

|being reported? |4 | |

|What is the specific research | | |

|question or research hypothesis? | | |

| |5 | |

|How was the research conducted? | | |

|a) who were the participants? | | |

| | | |

| |3 | |

|b) what type of research design was| | |

|used? |3 | |

|c) what equipment and/or materials | | |

|were used? |3 | |

|d) what treatment & data collection| | |

|procedures were used? | | |

| |3 | |

|e) What are the results of the | | |

|statistical analysis of the data as| | |

|they relate to the research | | |

|question or research hypothesis? |8 | |

|Make sure to include ALL results. | | |

|f) How did the author(s) relate | | |

|this new finding to past knowledge?| | |

| |8 | |

|Study 2 | | |

|What is the purpose of the research| | |

|being reported? |4 | |

|What is the specific research | | |

|question or research hypothesis? | | |

| |5 | |

|How was the research conducted? | | |

|a) who were the participants? | | |

| | | |

| |3 | |

|b) what type of research design was| | |

|used? |3 | |

|c) what equipment and/or materials | | |

|were used? |3 | |

|d) what treatment & data collection| | |

|procedures were used? | | |

| |3 | |

|e) What are the results of the | | |

|statistical analysis of the data as| | |

|they relate to the research | | |

|question or research hypothesis? |8 | |

|Make sure to include ALL results. | | |

|f) How did the author(s) relate | | |

|this new finding to past knowledge?| | |

| |8 | |

|Integrating the 2 Studies | | |

|How were the findings of the 2 | | |

|studies similar? | | |

| |4 | |

|How were the findings of the 2 | | |

|studies different? |4 | |

|What do we know from the findings | | |

|of 2 studies that we don’t know | | |

|from either alone? | | |

| |5 | |

|VanVolkinburg Article |45 | |

|Subheading |3 | |

|Appropriate in-text citation |3 | |

|What is the purpose of the research| | |

|being reported? | | |

| |5 | |

|What is the specific research | | |

|question or research hypothesis? | | |

| |6 | |

|How was the research conducted? | | |

|a) who were the participants? | | |

| | | |

| |3 | |

|b) what type of research design was| | |

|used? |3 | |

|c) what equipment and/or materials | | |

|were used? |3 | |

|d) what treatment & data collection| | |

|procedures were used? | | |

| |3 | |

|e) What are the results of the | | |

|statistical analysis of the data as| | |

|they relate to the research | | |

|question or research hypothesis? |8 | |

|Make sure to include ALL results. | | |

|f) How did the author(s) relate | | |

|this new finding to past knowledge?| | |

| |8 | |

|Integration of the 2 articles |33 | |

|Subheading |3 | |

|How were the findings of the 2 | | |

|articles similar? |10 | |

|How were the findings of the 2 | | |

|articles different? |10 | |

|What do we know from the findings | | |

|of 2 articles that we don’t know | | |

|from either alone? | | |

| |10 | |

|Proposed Research |80 | |

|Subheading |2 | |

|Quality (complexity, | | |

|interestingness, potential value) | | |

|of proposal*** |40 | |

|Purpose of the proposed research | | |

| |4 | |

|Research question or research | | |

|hypothesis |10 | |

|Sample that will be used | | |

|(description and number) |4 | |

|Research materials (stimuli, | | |

|apparatus, psychological tests, | | |

|etc.) |10 | |

|Procedures (what the participants | | |

|did that produced the data) that | | |

|will be used. | | |

| |10 | |

|References |11 | |

|Heading |2 | |

|Format of Entries |9 | |

|Format of Paper as a Whole | | |

| |21 | |

|Page Header / pg. #s on all pages | | |

| |7 | |

|Double-Spaced / Correct margins | | |

| |7 | |

|Sections in the correct order | | |

| |7 | |

|Misc. Errors (-1 for each; incl. | | |

|Grammar, spelling, | | |

|incorrect referencing of articles, | | |

|sexist language, | | |

|incorrect punctuation, etc.) | | |

** "Easy proposals" (e.g., same study with a different population or in a different situation) are worth much less much than "more complex proposals" (e.g., combining two findings to predict a third).

Total Graded Points _____ ( Pts. Possible = 300 ) Any lost or "late points" _____ Why lost?

Assignment grade out of 80 points __________ = (total graded points / 300) * 80

Additional Comments:

Start Properly formatted APA research report on a new page. Include exactly the same content as you put into the table above.

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