PSY 510 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric Topic Selection, Search Terms, and Preliminary Research Question
This assignment is a building block for the final project. To help see the flow of the PSY 510 and PSY 520 projects, you can review this document. In Module Two, you will submit the following in a paper:
The topic you are planning to focus on for the final project and a description of that topic: Choose a topic that is workable, reasonably simple to consider, and something of interest to you. Please remember, research proposals that ask questions around diagnosable mental health disorders, suicide, or abuse of any kind will not be allowed, as these topics may be triggering for some students.
A list of pertinent search terms that you plan to use to find peer-reviewed articles in Shapiro Library’s electronic databases A preliminary research question based on your chosen topic: It is understood that your research question will likely change and evolve as you read the
literature on your topic, but it is important to have a research question to guide your reading. Keep in mind that in PSY 520, you will have to create a Qualtrics survey to test your research question using your Southern New Hampshire University PSY 510 and PSY 520 classmates as your participants, so craft your question to work within these parameters.
Prompt: In Module Two, you will submit a description of the topic that you will focus on for the final project as well as a preliminary research question that will guide your paper. I t is understood that your research question will likely change and evolve as you read the literature on your topic, but it is important to have a research question to guide your reading. You will also submit a list of search terms that you will use to find peer-reviewed articles on your topic in the Shapiro Library’s electronic databases.
Your paper must include the following elements:
The topic you are planning to focus on for the final project
A list of search terms related to your topic that you plan to use to find peer-reviewed articles for your final project
A research question based on your chosen topic
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 1-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and discipline-appropriate citations. For the list of search terms, you can use bullet-point format.
Rubric
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Not Evident (0%) Value Topic Selection States the topic you are planning to
focus on for the final project and provides a description of that topic
Does not state and/or describe a potential topic for the final project
35
Search Terms Provides list of search terms that you plan to use to find peer-reviewed articles for your final project
Does not provide a list of search terms
15
Research Question Creates a research question that is based on the topic mentioned
Does not create a research question 35
Articulation of Response Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas
15
Total 100%
- PSY 510 Milestone One Guidelines and Rubric
- Topic Selection, Search Terms, and Preliminary Research Question
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