Explain your interest in human social interactions amongst friends; find a reason why this particular observation study, though fictional, could be important; think who would benefit from the results—in a real world setting— knowing about the types of behavior you have investigated.

For the final paper, remain mindful of wisely managing your research and writing time
given your other academic coursework and other commitments. Strive to remain on the track
with your research.
Your final paper is a write-up of observational study of two characters from video posted
on YouTube from mash ups of TV show Friends (Bright et al., 1994-1995). Based upon your
protocol of the study, after you conduct the study, the following are aspects of the final paper:
Written part of your final paper. In your final paper, incorporate feedback from previous
academic work I gave you either verbally or in a written form (including writing in complete
sentences, organizing the paper, using of subheadings, not addressing instructor in the paper as
“you,” using APA style of referencing, supporting your claims, etc.). The paper will include the
following parts:
1. Cover page with succinct descriptive title of your paper, your name, affiliation, name of the
course and instructor’s name, date of submission. (0.5 points).
2. Abstract with no more than 150 to 200 words in which you will summarize the research
project (note: Even though the Abstract constitutes a second page of a paper, this part of the
paper you will write after you have completed the paper: In the abstract you will describe what is
your paper about). (3 points).
3. Introduction. Explain your interest in human social interactions amongst friends; find a
reason why this particular observation study, though fictional, could be important; think who
would benefit from the results—in a real world setting— knowing about the types of behavior
you have investigated. Include any important background information (and attribute it, if
applicable).
State a research question and/or hypothesis that guided your research; describe
expectations you have had prior working on this research project. Conclude your introduction
with clearly stated goal of your research paper. (3 points).
4. Method. Specify who were your “participants” including their observed (intuited)
demographics; clearly state where did you find your participants.
Concisely describe all operationalized friendships behaviors. (If applicable, include any
work pertinent to your operationalized definitions—be mindful of plagiarism.)
Explain in detail how you conducted the study so it could be replicated; add a reference
the type of design of your study. Use enough information in order for anyone to be able to collect
the data the very same way as you did; and describe, in a story-like fashion, what did you do,
when did you do it, and how did you do it. Describe any equipment you used. (4.5 points).
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5. Results. First, introduce again your research question and/or hypothesis and describe your
results in words in complete sensible sentences. Then support your claims about results in Table
1 in which you present your data. If needed, use Table 2. Each table needs to have a description
signifying what the table represents; in other words, correctly and precisely label each table
[Note: Table(s) do not count into number of pages of this paper.]
For quantifiable description of results, work with percentages and construct additional
sensible (with regard to your variables) carefully labeled table(s) if needed.
Address whether you have observed any “outliers.” [“Outlier” refers to any type of data
that are highly improbable, although not impossible, or out of prior consideration. Remember,
you were watching fictitious characters so some occurrences behaviors might be slightly
improbable but not impossible.] Could you develop hypotheses about existence of outliers? (9
points).
6. Discussion. In the discussion section, mention, based upon your experience, what worked well
and what did not work well in this particular research. Discuss any surprising or unusual
occurrences. Describe what you would do differently next time in the research project with
content analysis of recorded material or with live participants. Are there any limitations to your
study? What other suggestions do you have for subsequent research questions/hypotheses that
you might pursue in the future? (5 points).
7. Conclusion. In conclusion, include what could be some suggested changes to the study you
just conducted and how the study could be expanded. Explicate your advice for other aspiring
novices/researchers regarding future research.
Reflect upon your research experience—what was it like to be novice/researcher for you?

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