Lab Project #5: Writing a Methods Section & Preparing for Data Analysis
The purpose of our final Lab Project is to help you write the “Methods” and “Data Analysis” sections of your Final Research Proposal. The assignment has 2 parts:
You will write your final research proposal’s Methods section
You will use identify the statistical tests that you would need to run after conducting your study or experiment you have designed for your final research proposal and write your final research proposal’s Data Analysis section
Part 1: Methods Section
As the Literature Review/Paper Introduction answers the “why” of your research study, the Methods section answers the “how” for your study. To be able to do so effectively, the Methods section must answer: who, what, where, and how. Your methods section will be 1-2 pages long and you will present a detailed plan of how you propose to carry out your study, including a description of your participants/subjects, materials, design of the study, and your procedure.
Purpose of a Methods Section in a research paper:
Provides a background for the data
Explains how the data was collected and the study was conducted
Allows other researchers to replicate the study
APA Formatting of the Methods Section:
Written in past-tense traditionally because studies have already been conducted, but for a proposal, you will write in the future tense
Titled with “Methods” centered (no bold, underline, or italics)
Three subsections (each labeled, left-aligned, and italicized and bold):
Participants
Materials
Procedure
Subsections:
(These questions must be answered in your Methods sections under the following headings.)
Participants/Subjects
Description of who is going to participate in your study
How will you recruit/gather participants for your study? Will they be compensated?
What is the reasoning behind choosing these participants?
Be sure to include control groups in your study design.
Materials
What surveys/instruments will you use to conduct your research study?
If using previously established scales/instruments/surveys, be sure to cite the authors.
Procedure
Outline the logistics of your study: how will you conduct your research study?
Making sure that your reader understands how the methodology you have chosen is appropriate for your specific topic.
Subsections:
(These questions must be answered in your Methods sections under the following headings.)
Participants/Subjects
Description of who is going to participate in your study
How will you recruit/gather participants for your study? Will they be compensated?
What is the reasoning behind choosing these participants?
Be sure to include control groups in your study design.
Materials
What surveys/instruments will you use to conduct your research study?
If using previously established scales/instruments/surveys, be sure to cite the authors.
Procedure
Outline the logistics of your study: how will you conduct your research study?
Making sure that your reader understands how the methodology you have chosen is appropriate for your specific topic.
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