This major project paper is intended to demonstrate your understanding of basic research methodology ...

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This major project paper is intended to demonstrate your understanding of basic research methodology. For this paper, you will submit a research scenario for your research question and hypothesis. Use the work you have been working on throughout this class and select the BEST method to test your hypothesis. The major assignment for this course is a paper in which you will develop a research proposal for an empirical investigation of a psychological topic of interest to you. This proposal will outline a study you would like to conduct and it will follow the expectations for the content and format of an APA-style research manuscript. In this paper you will include a literature review (your own synthesis of prior research and theory that forms the rationale for your proposed study); a statement of hypotheses (pose specific research questions and predict what the nature of the relationship would be among the variables you are proposing to study); a complete method section (e.g., participants, sampling methods, experimental design, procedures, measures/instruments, etc.); a statement of your expected results; and discussion of possible limitations of your proposed study.