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Hypothesis: is people who associate a task with a visual cue…
Hypothesis: is people who associate a task with a visual cue unrelated to the task are more likely to increase the likelihood of remembering to complete the task compared to people who associate a task with a related visual cue.
Research question: Does using a visual cue unrelated to a task increase the likelihood of remembering to complete the task compared to a related visual cue?”
Independent variable: is the type of visual cue, whether it is related or unrelated, that is connected to the task used to remind the participant to complete the task.
Dependent variable: is the number of participants who are able to remember to complete the task when they see the visual cue.
Introduction
engage the reader by showing why the research area is relevant and interesting.
motivate the hypothesis using logic, conventional wisdom, or previous research.
include a succinct statement of the hypothesis in everyday language (i.e. try to capture the reader’s interest and attention by making the hypothesis seem relevant to everyday life)
restate the hypothesis as specifically as possible in terms of the independent and dependent variables.
Methods
Participants:
who
how many
how recruited, how compensated
how assigned to conditions
Procedure:
How will you instruct your participants? If necessary, how will you debrief them?
What is the step-by-step process for running a participant? (The explanation will likely require one or more paragraphs.)
Analyses:
What descriptive statistics would you use and/or How would you organize your data in a graph?
What statistical analyses would you run to determine whether any effects are significant?
Discussion
Ethical considerations. (This could be moved to the Methods)
Does your procedure or test population raise any ethical considerations related to informed consent, vulnerable populations etc. If so, explain how you might address these concerns. (For example, if your study involves deception, when and how will you debrief the participants?)
Interpretation:
How would you interpret the outcome of your experiment. Consider all possible outcomes: you obtain the expected effect (the data support your hypothesis), you obtain no effect, you obtain the opposite of the expected effect. In each case, what would you conclude?
Limitations:
Discuss any compromises that you made in your design so that the experiment would be feasible.
Discuss potential confounds that weren’t eliminated or controlled. Remember that random assignment should take care of any confounds associated with the participant’s characteristics.
Remember your limitations should be specific to your experiment (avoid generic statements about more participants or diverse participants). Explain how these limitations might have affected the outcome of the experiment.
Suggest possible follow-up experiments. Be specific.
