PSYCH

Description

For this unit’s discussion, you’ll be selecting a topic of interest to you, creating a simple experimental or quasi-experimental design or a comparison of groups design when there is no manipulation, stating what you think the results will be (this is your research hypothesis), thinking about how many participants (sample size) and groups (experimental/control/comparison groups) you would want to have to trust the results with 95% confidence, and then identify the independent and dependent variables and the scale of measurement you would use.  write a description of your research topic, the design, the sample size and groups needed, what you expect to find (the research hypothesis), and the independent and dependent variables Steps:  Read all of the information in this description before beginning.   Pick a topic and create a simple experimental or quasi-experimental design or non-experimental design with comparisons between groups.  State your research hypothesis Decide on the sample size and how many groups you’ll compare to determine your result Identify the independent and dependent variables