Paper II: Study One Methods/Results/Disc. (Spring 2026)

• Due Feb 23 by 11:59pm Points 35 Submitting a file upload

Similar to Paper One, Paper Two has a lot of supporting materials to help you craft your paper. This includes paper instructions (which are long and detailed but worth reading!), a grading rubric, a checklist, and an example paper from a prior semester. If you look over ALL FOUR items, your chances of getting a good grade will improve dramatically!

! You must use this dataset for paper 2. Use of any other dataset will result in an automatic ZERO for the assignment.

• (This is from a student from a prior semester. It is a good example, but do not copy it as the topic differs. Includes helpful notes from your instructor. It DOES include an Artificial Intelligence Appendix with prompts)
• (This is also from a student from a prior semester but does NOT include AI help at all)

Additional Supporting Material for Paper II

• (Questionnaires and Instructions)
• (Similar to the one presented by Dr. Winter in the “Paper Clinics”)
• (Word Document)
• (SPSS Data File)

Rubric

Paper II FINAL Rubric

Paper II FINAL Rubric

CriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Title Page Criteria (1 point)

1. Header (in ALL CAPS)

2. Page number

3. Descriptive Title (in bold)

4. Your Name

5. Your University

6. Perfect APA formatting

1 pts

Meets all criteria

0 pts

Does not meet all criteria

1 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Methods Section Criteria (15 points)

1. Includes section titles in proper APA format

2. Provides participant data (demographics) accurately and thoroughly in APA format

3. Provides demographic table callout

4. Discusses consent

5. Describes the formatting of the material (e.g. Paper Survey, Online Survey, etc.)

6. Describes participant selection

7. Describes the independent variable(s) in detail so a reader could replicate your study design

8. Describes the dependent variable(s) in similar detail, including they type of scale used and scale endpoints

9. Describes the procedure in detail

10. Avoids repetitiveness.

15 to >14.0 pts

Meets all criteria

14 to >9.0 pts

Mets at least 8 criteria

9 to >4.0 pts

Meets at least 6 criteria

4 to >0.0 pts

Meets at least 4 criteria

0 pts

Meets 0 to 3 criteria

15 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Results Section Criteria (10 points)

1. Provides three statistical analyses (minimum) on three different dependent variables

2. Includes independent and dependent variable names for each analysis consistent with the same names used in the methods section

3. Provides statistical outcomes in proper APA formatting (italics for letters, rounding to two decimals, etc.)

4. Provides all relevant numbers for each analysis (e.g. percentages for the chi square; means and SDs for each condition in the independent variable)

5. Analyzes hypotheses-relevant variables

10 to >9.0 pts

Meets all criteria

9 to >6.0 pts

Meets at least 4 criteria

6 to >3.0 pts

Meets at least 3 criteria

3 to >0.0 pts

Meets at least 2 criteria

0 pts

Meets 0 to 1 criteria

10 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Discussion Section Criteria (2 point)

1. Reviews the hypothesis

2. Compares the findings to the hypotheses

3. Avoids statistical numbers

2 pts

Meets all criteria

1 pts

Meets 2 criteria

0 pts

Meets 0 to 1 criteria

2 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Tables Criteria (4 point)

1. Includes all four tables with callouts in-text

2. Demographics table (the descriptives table for age and frequency tables for gender and race)

3. Chi square table (with crosstab table and chi square table)

4. One ANOVA tables (with descriptives, ANOVA table, and post hoc table as needed)

5. One additional ANOVA table or one t-Test table (with descriptive table and t-Table)

4 to >3.0 pts

Meets all criteria

3 to >2.0 pts

Meets 3 criteria

2 to >0.0 pts

Meets 2 criteria

0 pts

Meets 0 to 1 criteria

4 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Writing Quality Criteria (3 points)

1. Uses proper spelling and punctuation

2. Has good transition between sentences

3. Includes good detail that informs the reader about important information in each paper section

4. Avoids plagiarism

5. Appropriately uses Artificial Intelligence for feedback (and NOT to generate original content)

3 to >2.0 pts

Meets all criteria

2 to >1.0 pts

Meets 2 to 3 criteria

1 to >0 pts

Meets 0 to 1 criteria

3 pts

Total Points: 35