WWW.BBK.AC.UKRMP LAB REPORT 2-METHOD GUIDEWWW.BBK.AC.UKMethod sectionDesignParticipantsMaterialsProcedureWWW.BBK.AC.UKMethods Design Within, Between, Correlational etc What were the IV and DV? How many levels? What were they? Participants How many, who they were (their age, gender), how they were selected totake part etc Materials What tools / materials did you use to run the study? Do not mentionthings like paper and pen! Procedure What EXACTLY did your participants do? Anyone reading this, should beable to replicate your work EXACTLYWWW.BBK.AC.UKDesign Avoid simple and uninformative statements! E.g. the IV was Drug, the DV was Memory score! Compare this to: This was a between-group design with one independentvariable. The independent variable was the Treatment Type. This had threelevels: Drug, Therapy and No Treatment. In the Drug conditionparticipants we given drug X at the start of the session. In the Therapycondition The dependent variable was Memory Test Score which was thetotal number of words that was correctly recalled in the Memory test whichparticipants completed at the end of their testing session. So be specific the point is to describe the design, do not go into detailabout procedure yet.WWW.BBK.AC.UKParticipants Give details of who they are (background demographics) How were they recruited? Also how they were assigned to each conditionWWW.BBK.AC.UKMaterials Refers to the experimental stimuli Give enough info for reader to be able to construct similarequivalent stimuli. If used standard questionnaires, reference the source If y
ou want to show your stimuli put it in the appendix (andreference it in the body of the text) DO NOT include anything thatyou do not talk directly about in the report You must describe the material fully (not just dump it in at the back)WWW.BBK.AC.UKProcedure Often a chronological account of what happened to participants from thebeginning of the study to the end is best Detail is important but DO NOT include irrelevant information (i.e. things wedo not need to know in order to understand the aim, hypothesis, results anddiscussion) E.g. it important to say that participants were told to be quick but notwhich room in the college the experiment took place in or how peoplewere seated in a class If there are any limitations/extraneous factors, they can be discussed in theDiscussion section. Your method section should reflect the aims set out in the Introduction.WWW.BBK.AC.UKOur Experiment Design Between-subjects experimental design IV: Leading Question Severity (2 levels, hit and smashed) DV: Speed estimate (mph) Participants All students taking RMP will be invited to participate, the data set provided will allcome from undergraduate students. Demographic information (e.g. age andgender) will be collected. Materials The protocol will all be available via Moodle. Participants will view the video onthe screen and complete all questions online. Procedure Dont forget to include this!WWW.BBK.AC.UKWrite a bullet-point outline of your methodssection making sure you include everycomponent mentioned hereIf you need ideas for how it should be laidout, look at the example lab report onMoodle.HOMEWORK