SS Fair Research Project
Thursday - Friday, January 21 - 22
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Work on your board text, using the "Board Content" document to the right (and also handed out in class today). Board text (including headings and title, formatted as they will be on the board) are due MONDAY, JANUARY 25 (except the "Results" and "Conclusion" sections).
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Time permitting, you may start experimenting with creating your data infographics. Monday I will show examples of how to do this.
Friday, January 8
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Finish making revisions to your survey.
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Finish drafting a recruitment email, using the guide to the right.
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Check in with Ms. Parks to obtain the student email list.
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Work on your random sampling (choosing names of students you will recruit to participate.)
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Send out your survey!
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Start working on writing your board text, using the "Board Content" document to the right.
Thursday & Friday, December 10 & 11
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Continue working on your Research Method Proposal, due at the end of class on December 11. This will include:
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writing your operationalized hypothesis (Use the sample hypotheses as a guide.)
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selecting or creating your test instrument (survey, test, etc.) (Consider the survey writing tips discussed in class.)
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determining your sample size (Use the sample size calculator on this page.)
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creating a consent form (for experiments); for surveys, the informed consent information should be typed at the top of the survey
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Wednesday & Friday, November 18 & 20
If you haven't completed your FOUR Article Interpretation Sheets yet:
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In order to get an idea of the research that has already been done on your topic, you will need to read several SCHOLARLY (journal) articles that document specific studies. Use one of the research databases (below) to find articles. Your group will need to complete four “ARTICLE INTERPRETATION SHEETS,” due November 23. A sample has been done for you.
DATABASES (Don't forget to click the "Periodicals" tab.):
Username: cps email address
Password: lincoln
Authorization: 100111270
Password: bxxd.puxx
Once you have completed your Article Interpretation Sheets:
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Begin working on your Research Method Proposal, (Side 1 due December 4 and Side 2 due December 11.) This will include:
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writing your operationalized hypothesis (Use the sample hypotheses as a guide.)
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selecting or creating your test instrument (survey, test, etc.)
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*If you need to begin collecting data before December 14, let Ms. Parks know as soon as possible!
DATA ANLYSIS RESOURCES
DOCUMENTS
RESEARCH RESOURCES
Tuesday & Wednesday, November 3 - 4
If you don’t have a topic yet, try searching one of the sources below for ideas:
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APA’s PsycARTICLES (Click the name of a journal to see a list of articles that show current topics in Psychology research.)
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Search your general topics of interest in QuestiaSchool or OCLC FirstSearch and use the results to narrow down your interests.
The login information is:
Username: cps email address
Password: lincoln
Authorization: 100111270
Password: bxxd.puxx
Once you have decided on a topic:
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Create a Google Drive folder for this project. Name the folder “SS Fair 2016” with the last names of all group members. So, if Mary Jackson, Maria Sanchez, and Walter Jones are in a group together, the folder will be called “SS Fair 2016_ Jackson, Jones, Sanchez.” Share the folder with all group members AND Ms. Parks (jparks9@cps.edu).
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Work on the “GROUP AND TOPIC SELECTION” sheet. Turn it in to Ms. Parks when complete.
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In order to get an idea of the research that has already been done on your topic, you will need to read several scholarly articles that document specific studies. Use one of the research databases (above) to find articles. Your group will need to complete four “ARTICLE INTERPRETATION SHEETS,” due November 23. A sample has been done for you.