Overview
In earlier weeks, you wrote your literature review and hypothesis statements, and described the research design for your study. In the Week 6 assignment, you analyzed your data.
The final research report is a comprehensive record incorporating everything you accomplished in this research project. The final part of the report provides a way for you to document and communicate the research findings, implications for practice, and conclusions of the study. It can be helpful for informing future research projects, or a wider audience of readers in the future.
Preparation
Review the following document for tips and also an overview of how this course’s assignments fit together:
- Overview of the Research Project and Report [PDF].
Instructions
For this final assignment, put together all of the sections you have worked on throughout the course into the Final Research Report Template [DOCX] to form your final research report.
These sections of your template have already been completed—but just re-review them and ensure that you have updated them based on instructor feedback:
- Enter your revised literature review. A distinguished report will incorporate feedback given from previous assignments.
- Enter your revised method section. Again, a distinguished report will incorporate feedback given from previous assignments.
- Enter your data analysis.
Then complete the following in your template:
- In your discussion section:
- Interpret the results of your study.
- Explain how these results compare to what you expected and to other research studies. For a distinguished report, be sure to refer to articles used in your literature review, or additional articles beyond your literature review, to compare. Provide appropriate citations.
- Describe the generalizability of the research findings.
- Explain the implications of your findings for practice (see the Overview of the Research Project and Report [PDF] for ideas).
- Describe two potential future directions of the study, and describe one idea for a future qualitative study and one for a future quantitative study. A distinguished report will include a discussion of concepts related to reliability and validity in future studies.
- Include three suggestions for ethical research for your future study. A distinguished report will support this with illustrations and scholarly references.
- Provide a brief summary of the key points and end with your conclusions.
- Include APA style references for every source cited.
Remember to consult the Final Research Report rubric to make sure you cover all that will be assessed.
Additional Requirements
Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:
- Written communication: Written communication is in professional style with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics.
- APA formatting: References and citations are formatted according to APA style and formatting.
- Refer to Academic WriterLinks to an external site. for guidance in using proper APA style. See the Writing CenterLinks to an external site. for APA resources specific to your degree level.
- Length: 2–3 typed, double-spaced pages for this section. Entire research report paper should be 8–10 pages.
- Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:
- Competency 1: Differentiate between types of psychological research methods.
- Describe the future directions of the study, and describe one idea for what a next step might be in research on your topic.
- Competency 2: Design research that controls for variations in behavior related to individual differences.
- Provide a literature review, methods section, and data analysis.
- Competency 3: Design an ethically appropriate psychological research study.
- Make three suggestions for ethical research for your future study.
- Competency 4: Analyze data to address a research question.
- Interpret results of a study, including explaining how they compare to what was expected and to other research studies. Describe the generalizability of research findings.
- Explain the implications of your findings for practice.
- Competency 5: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for professionals in the field of psychology.
- Use APA style formatting for citations and reference list with only minor errors. Support references with proper in-text citations and vice versa.
- Use APA style paper formatting with only minor errors.
- Address assignment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
