SDSU The Use of Cellphones Assignment Read and complete this outline prior to starting the lab. You may write in fragments (words, phrases) or in complete sentences. Please note that thinking about paper construction and outlining your thoughts will aid in writing each section of your lab report, so take advantage of this process!

Background literature review (previous research— background article)

• Summarize the main features of the methodology of the background article.

• Summarize the relevant findings (key word “relevant” – not all of them) of the background article.

• Summarize the conclusions of the findings from the background article.

Current study (OUR CELL PHONE STUDY)—What did we do and why? (briefly)

• Why did we do the current study? Why is it important to study this? SDSU The Use of Cellphones Assignment
  • Is it a recognized problem? (or potential problem) OR Is there conflicting literature in the area? (leaves questions to be addressed)
• What was done in the current study?
  • What were the variables of interest? Identify the variables in the study without using the word “variables.”
    • E.g., “The current study was an examination of self-esteem in men and women.” Rather than, “the variables in this study were self-esteem and gender.”
  • What was the methodology (generally speaking)?

Hypotheses (you will have two)

• What did you expect to find? (be specific in describing the relationship between your variables of interest)
• • Why did we do the current study? Why is it important to study this?
    • Is it a recognized problem? (or potential problem) OR Is there conflicting literature in the area? (leaves questions to be addressed)
  • What was done in the current study?
    • What were the variables of interest? Identify the variables in the study without using the word “variables.”
      • E.g., “The current study was an examination of self-esteem in men and women.” Rather than, “the variables in this study were self-esteem and gender.”
    • What was the methodology (generally speaking)?

  Hypotheses (you will have two)

  • What did you expect to find? (be specific in describing the relationship between your variables of interest) SDSU The Use of Cellphones Assignment

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