Research into Human Behaviour;Coursework One Assignment Brief (Practical Report)
Overview
The first coursework assignment (CW1) requires you to write a 1700-word practical report summarising both of the research studies conducted during your weekly workshops.
Part 1: You can choose one of the two studies you want to write-up as a full 1500-word practical report.
Part 2: You will write a 200-word abstract for the second study (the one that you have not done the full report on).
We will cover how to write a good scientific report in Weeks 1 and 2 (Lecture and Workshop). We will conduct the studies in Weeks 3 and 4 (Workshops). We will also guide you through the required statistical analyses for each study in Weeks 5 and 7 (Workshops).
We will provide information about screening your data, as well as effect size, error and power in Week 7 and 8 (Lecture and Workshop). These are all essential activities to participate in to guide you through completing CW1.
Topic area
The theoretical background to each study will already be familiar, as relevant material will have been covered previously in 4002PY. The two studies are listed below:
The effects of processing fluency on judgment and decision making.
The role of anchoring in people’s estimates of value.
Again, choose one topic for Part 1 and the other for Part 2.
