Good morning, Please see the attached rubics for my lab report and the attached documents to review.
Criteria for Grading Research Paper
Student’s Name ________________________________
Abstract (5 points) 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
(brief overview of our study,
couple of sentences summarizing
each of the four sections of paper: intro,
method, results, and discussion)
Introduction (32 points) Statement of the problem 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5(purpose for the study, reason why
the study is important)
Review of literature 10 12 14 16 18 20
(utilize your articles to develop the rationale
for your research question, where appropriate,
review details on the sample, method and results
of your articles)
Summary paragraph of literature 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.4 2.7 3
(summarize the trends in the articles,
focusing on methods and findings, relate
findings to theory, and lead into rationale
for your study)
Clear hypotheses 2 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.6 4
(make a specific prediction about how you
expect the variables to relate, that is,
what prediction(s) are you asserting about the
findings. Make sure to hypothesize both a statistic
and the nature of the finding. Be sure to clearly
detail your rationale for each
hypothesis.
Method (20 points) Participants 2 2.4 2.8 3.2 3.6 4(total N, any demographic information)
Materials/ Questionnaire 3 3.6 4.2 4.8 5.6 6
(all materials needed to complete the study,
for questionnaire; how materials were created
and by whom)
Design and Procedure 5 6 7 8 9 10
(clear and concise description of the procedure
from beginning to end)
Results (20 points) 10 12 14 16 18 20(explain which type of statistics were used to
test hypotheses. Describe the nature of the statistics)
including reliability analyses, if they were significant,
Discussion (30 points) Review of hypotheses 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2(repeat what was stated at end of intro.
to remind the reader what you predicted)
Discuss each hypothesis in turn 5 6 7 8 9 10(for hypotheses that were confirmed, explain
why this is important, for hypotheses that
were not confirmed, explain why you think they
were not, using articles to defend your reasoning)
Limitations of your study 5 6 7 8 9 10(any possible alternative explanations? Things
that should have been controlled? Any threats
to the validity of your study?)
Critical thinking 1.5 1.8 2.1 2.4 2.7 3
Future directions 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5(if you get what you expected, what does that
mean for the big picture – lit. review? Where
should research go from here? That is, suggest
directions for the future/other variables to look at)
Writing Quality and APA-style (15 points) 7.5 9 10.5 12 13.5 15(looking for clear and concise wording, but be careful
about using informal language, correct title page,
section headings, citation of sources, use of participants/
men and women, references, numbers
versus numerals, spacing, and citation of sources)
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