INSTRUCTIONS
Please read the Results and Discussion sections of the article you found for Part I thoroughly and carefully.
Please respond to the questions below in short-essay format (4 to 8 sentences)
Be sure to include enough SPECIFIC information to completely answer the questions below.
DO NOT INCLUDE MORE INFO than is necessary to answer the specific question.
All relevant info MUST be in the first 4 to 8 sentences, information in additional sentences will not be scored.
All of the information used to answer the questions below must come from the assigned article, and ONLY the assigned article.
In general, what are the results of the study? For example, is there a relationship between the variables? Is that relationship stronger or weaker for some of the participants? Do NOT try to read or understand the numerical/statistical summary of the results, look for the results stated in pain language.
Are the results statistically significant? Do NOT try to describe statistical procedures or calculations.
Do the results support the hypotheses? Was this—or any other aspect of the findings—unexpected?
What is/are the authors’ major conclusions(s) based on the results? Why do they believe they received those results.
HINT: Results, statistical significance, hypotheses’ support, and authors’ conclusions are summarized in the Discussion section of the article.
All writing MUST be college-level
Sentences must be complete and grammatically correct.
Words must be used correctly and spelled correctly.
Punctuation must be used correctly.
Lines must be double-spaced.
Short-essay format
Please do not use bullet points or numbers.
Please do not copy-and-paste questions into your document.
CLARITY: all information should be clearly stated and easy to follow.
Please visit the Writing Center for additional help: [email protected]
All writing MUST be in the student’s own words.
DO NOT QUOTE from the article, please PARAPHRASE everything.
TurnItIn scores MUST be below 30%. If your score is over 30%, please look at your TurnItIn report and paraphrase the highlighted areas more thoroughly.