Title Page & Abstract                                                                                                 /10
- descriptive title
- includes purpose, participants, method, results and main conclusion.
- appropriate length

Introduction                                                                                                                /20

- title of study
- acceptable and logical literature review to justify study
- recent, relevant studies cited in sufficient detail
-integration of articles, comparing/contrasting
- independent and dependent variables defined
- rationale, purpose, hypothesis(es) clearly stated

Method                                                                                                                       /20
- correct specification of population
- apparatus/materials correctly presented
- procedure described in enough detail to replicate
- research design used; variables controlled for

Results                                                                                                                          /20
- descriptive data provided
- appropriate analysis of the data collected
- correct presentation of statistical analysis (APA Format)
- results described in words, relationship to hypotheses clear
- complete and accurate presentation of tables and figures

Discussion                                                                                                                     /20
- do results support hypothesis(es)?
- explanation of results and proper inferences
- relate results to literature review
- implications of findings and conclusions
- limitations of research (e.g., sample, instrumentation) and ideas for further study

References &  APA Format
-references properly cited and referenced                                                                         /10
- margins, justification, page headers, style, etc.

Overall quality of writing (i.e. clear and concise writing style, typos,                             
misspellings, sentence structure, etc) will be considered and marked accordingly
within the above sections (excluding APA Format).

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