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Investigation Checklist

This document provides a checklist for a write-up on the relationship between handedness and hemispheric dominance. The checklist outlines the required sections for the write-up, including a cover page, abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion and evaluation, references, and appendix. It lists the key information that should be included in each section, such as describing the participants and materials in the method section, organizing data in tables and graphs in the results section, and discussing limitations and conclusions in the discussion section.

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Investigation Checklist

This document provides a checklist for a write-up on the relationship between handedness and hemispheric dominance. The checklist outlines the required sections for the write-up, including a cover page, abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion and evaluation, references, and appendix. It lists the key information that should be included in each section, such as describing the participants and materials in the method section, organizing data in tables and graphs in the results section, and discussing limitations and conclusions in the discussion section.

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TASK 1 AUSM2108

Relationship between handedness and hemispheric dominance (write-up checklist)

Description √
Cover page
Must contain:
• Task title,
• name,
• student id,
• cohort,
• lecturer’s name
Abstract
• writes a specific aim
• briefly describes the method, including
▪ the participants
▪ materials used
▪ how the task was administered
• states the results of the research
• draws a relevant conclusion
Introduction
• statement about hemispheric dominance, describing its main features + support from research
• writes research question (consistent with the aim)
• poses a prediction as an operational hypothesis
Method
• participants (in detail), e.g. number, age, gender
• participants selection process
• describes materials (in detail)
• describes the procedure, including:
▪ addresses anonymity (privacy)
▪ describes task (in detail)
▪ describes the collection, organising and presentation of results
Results
• organises all data in tables
▪ organises table
▪ correctly labels table (including units)
• presents data in a graph
▪ correctly graphs data
▪ appropriate labelling
▪ appropriate titles
• summary of the data
• results of the investigation
Discussion and evaluation
• discusses the results of the investigation, relates the results to the hypothesis and explains how
they relate to relevant psychological theories
• evaluates the investigation design:
▪ discusses any methodological flaws
▪ explains steps taken to ensure reliability and how it could be improved
• discusses ethical issues and describes how these were addressed
• discusses relevance of results to the population from which the sample was drawn as well as to
theory or other research referred to in the introduction
• makes accurate conclusions that relate to the hypothesis or research question
References
• relevant references
• range of references
• listed alphabetically
Appendix

Psychology Investigation: Relationship between handedness and hemispheric dominance


• attaches data sheet
• tables or graphs not included in results can be added here

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