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Write up a 2000 word empirical research report at a masters level. I need 15 references & have already included 20 for you to choose from. You are welcome to get other study references relevant for the provided research question. These studies will form the basis for the introduction and broader study rationale. Ensure that all selected studies are peer-reviewed research publications. Acceptable study designs include qualitative or quantitative reports, systematic literature reviews, and meta-analyses. Book chapters, expert opinion pieces, blogs, and newspaper articles are not acceptable sources of information for this assignment.
 

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Assignment Overview

The Empirical Report

Introduction

To understand the many interesting and complex questions of human behaviour in a rigorous and systematic way, psychologists use the scientific method to investigate different hypotheses and ideas of psychology. To communicate their findings, psychologists (and scientists more broadly) typically convey their findings to the scientific community and broader public by publishing their work as empirical research reports in scientific journals.

In your future careers as psychologists, it is important that you embody the scientist-practitioner approach by using evidence-based practices. As such, it is important that you are equipped with the skills to:

• Navigate the scientific literature

• Understand and evaluate relevant theories, frameworks, or models

• Critically evaluate research study design and approaches

• Formulate clear, strong research questions

• Develop specific hypotheses

• Apply the scientific method to test these hypotheses

• Understand the results of empirical research

• Communicate these results using clear, concise written communication skills that conform to psychology writing conventions

By completing an empirical research report as part of your studies in psychology, you will begin to build these vital skills and gain further insight into the scientific process.

Assessed Learning Outcomes

The AT2 Empirical Report will assess the following ULOs:

• Identify, compare and contrast the dominant theories of personality

psychology

• Critically evaluate and apply appropriate screening, diagnostics, and assessment tools in the context of personality psychology and personality disorders

• Evaluate scientific literature relevant to personality psychology theories

• Apply psychological research methods to construct a scientific empirical report on key issues related to personality psychology

• Communicate effectively using scientific and academic writing skills

Assignment Guide Overview

The following assignment guide will provide you with a brief overview of the requirements for your major assessment task for the Empirical

Research Report. To successfully complete this assignment, you will need to carefully read through several documents to help you understand how to create your report. These documents are:

• Assignment Guide

• Questionnaires

• How to write an empirical report

• Introduction Example

• Method Section Information

• Correlation Results

• Discussion Example

• FAQs

• Rubric

Research Question

This assignment is a 2,000-word empirical research report. In this empirical research report, you will need to write up a study investigating the following research question:

Which personality traits are associated with online trolling and cyberbullying?

Instructions

To successfully complete this assessment task, you will need to follow these steps:

1. Conduct your literature search through Institute’s library databases (PsychInfo, Psychology and Behavioural Sciences Collection, and Child Development & Adolescent Studies) to gather empirical studies on the provided research question

2. Identify, select, and download peer-reviewed empirical research studies relevant to the research topic. For this assignment, you will need a total of

10-15 references. These studies will form the basis for your introduction and

broader study rationale. Ensure that all selected studies are peer-reviewed research publications. Acceptable study designs include qualitative or quantitative reports, systematic literature reviews, and meta-analyses. Book chapters, expert opinion pieces, blogs, and newspaper articles are not acceptable sources of information for this assignment. You should already have a minimum of four references from your AT1: Annotated Bibliography assignment. These can be included in the 10-15 references needed for this

AT2: Empirical Report.

3. Write up your 2,000-word empirical research report. Your report will consist of the following sections:

• Cover page

• Abstract

• Introduction

• Methods
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• Results

• Discussion

• References

• Appendix (literature search strategy)

Requirements

Your empirical research report will be 2,000 words in length. A 10% leeway is applicable (maximum word limit of 2,200 words). In-text citations, the abstract, the reference list, and the appendix are not included in the word count. Note that marks will be deducted for exceeding the maximum word count.

Format your empirical research report as per APA 7^th style guidelines. Citations and references should also be correctly formatted.

The empirical research report assignment must be submitted online via the assignment portal on the Canvas page. Your assignment must be submitted as a Word document. On your APA-formatted cover page, please include your student ID number but do NOT include your name.

How to get started

Here is how you can make a start on your empirical report.

1. Read all assignment guide documents (listed above) carefully to orientate yourself to the requirements of the task

2. Systematically search the relevant scientific literature for additional studies

3. Read through the ‘ How To Write An Empirical Report’ document

Once you have completed these steps, you will be ready to begin writing your empirical report. Remember to allow time for editing of your final draft before submitting to the assignment portal.

Where to find help

Writing an empirical report can be challenging, especially if you haven’t written one before. Here are some resources to help you when you get stuck:

• First, refer to the FAQs document. This is where you will find the answers to the commonly asked questions related to this assignment.

• Ask additional (but general) questions on the assignment discussion board on Canvas. This will also benefit your fellow students – if you have a general assignment question, it’s very likely that another student is also wondering the same thing!