A justification statement

Research Report

1. Write the methods sections.
Start with your methods section. Clearly describe your participants (number, and demographic information provided by the instructor), procedures, and materials.
2. Write a justification statement for your hypotheses and research study.

To ensure that you are on track, you will turn in a 1-2 page justification. This will include a short summary of what is missing from the literature (see questions 5 and 8 above) and how your research study will fill the gap in the research (see Appendix C).
3. Write the introduction section.

Start your paper broadly and provide a context for your topic. Then, describe research in the area and explain how the studies relate to the relevant theoretical or methodological issues. Include limitations of the previous research or contrasting views. Then, provide a brief summary of what is missing from the literature, describe your hypotheses, and describe the methods you will use to answer your research questions briefly.

4. Write the results section.

Evaluate and interpret the results that the instructor provides for your research. Write a results section using correct APA style formatting for descriptive and inferential statistics.
5. Write the discussion section.

Summarize the results and describe any discrepancies between your hypotheses and the data. Describe all results (not just those that supported your hypothesis). Describe how the results are consistent with or inconsistent with other research described in the introduction. Describe any limitations and evaluate the extent to which the findings can be generalized. Make suggestions for specific future research studies.
6. Finish the paper.

The test measures the history curriculum that is taught to juniors in high school in the US.