HSP3U CPT Reminders

Review the Expectations Review the instructions to ensure that you do not forget any of the required components of this project. Use the guidelines to set research goals for yourself.

Your Hypothesis Your hypothesis should direct your research. Your hypothesis is a possible answer to your central research question. Your hypothesis should be in the third person. Sample central research question: How does social media usage affect the self-esteem of teen girls? Sample hypothesis: It is hypothesized that social media usage can trigger low self- esteem in teen girls.

Be Aware of the Due Dates Fri. May 19th: Submit your top 3 topic preferences. Tues. May 23rd: Library work period for the proposal. Fri. May 26th: Submit your research proposal for feedback. May 29th – 31st: Conduct in the library and computer lab and develop a plan for collecting primary research. June 2nd: Submit your primary research plan (Survey/interview questions or experiment idea) for feedback. June 5th: Library work period (collect more secondary research or edit and conduct your survey/interview/experiment). June 8th and 9th: Type up your final report in the comp. lab. Bonus work period: June 12th June 13th: Submit your final report.

Typing Up Your Report Use Microsoft Word to type up your report. Use font size 12. Use either the Times New Roman or Calibri font. Write in full and complete sentences in paragraph format. Number your pages. Submit a hard copy of your report.

Title Page Include the following information on your title page in this order in the centre of the page: Title of Paper Student Name School Name Course Code Teacher’s Name Due Date

Running Head Include a running head on each page. A running head ”is a short title (50 characters or fewer, including spaces) that appears at the top of every page of your paper.” It usually appears at the top left of the page.

How to Number Your Pages

Use Subtitles Use subtitles to divide your report into organized sections. The subtitles that you need to use are identified under Part 3: Assemble, Analyze, and Reflect on Your Data. Place your subtitles on the left side of the page. Example: Research Methods

Remember to Visually Present at Least One of Your Significant Findings In the section, Presentation of Primary Research Data, include at least one diagram that visually displays one of your most significant findings. This diagram should display a statistical finding. Example: a pie chart that identifies the percentage of people who feel cyber bullying is a serious problem in their community. Note: If you chose to conduct an interview, you will not be able to turn your primary data into a diagram. Instead, turn some of the statistical data you retrieved from your secondary research into a diagram.

Sample Diagram

Use Your Critical Thinking Skills Use your critical thinking skills when analyzing the data that you attained through conducting primary and secondary research. Avoid simply defining or describing the topic you selected (ex. defining substance abuse). Examine your data and explain how it supports or contradicts your original hypothesis. Speak in the third person for the analysis section.

Reflect on the Process Remember to reflect on the research process. Discuss the challenges and rewards that emerged. You can speak in the third person.

Follow the APA Format Follow the APA guidelines that you received earlier this semester. Your reference page should include all of the primary and secondary sources that you used. Remember to double space. Do not number your sources. If a source requires more than one line, indent after the first line. Your sources should be listed alphabetically.

Include an Appendix Your appendix should include a copy of the social science research method that you used (ex. Interview questions) as well as the results of this research (ex. the 20 surveys that you distributed).

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