PSY 222 Module Four Activity Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

In this activity, you will practice the skill of reading a research study. This activity builds on the Module Two Activity assignment and prepares you for Project Two, where you will critique a research study.

Each rubric criterion below contains a word-count goal. These are guides to help you respond at the right level of depth and specificity.

Prompt

1. Summarize the research study's purpose. Your response should be about 25 to 50 words.
2. Describe the relevance of the publication dates of the citations referenced for the research study. Your response should be about 25 to 50 words. Consider the following:
   • Are some of those cited sources recent (relevant to publication date)?
3. Identify the type of claim the research study makes. Explain your response. Your response should be about 25 to 50 words. Consider the following:
   • Is the claim frequency based, association-based, ofrequency-basedr causal?
4. Describe the research method used in the research study. Your response should be about 25 to 50 words. Consider the following:
   • Is the research method qualitative, quantitative, or mixed?
5. Describe the research study's data collection method. Your response should be about 50 to 100 words. Consider the following:
   • Possibilities for data collection include surveys, observations, interviews, archive review, objective or biological measures, or some combination of those listed.
6. Describe the research study's sample. Your response should be about 50 words. Include the following in your response:
   • Sample size
   • Sample characteristics
7. Describe one type of statistical analysis conducted in the research study. Your response should be about 25 words.
8. Describe one limitation from the research study. Your response should be about 25 to 50 words.
9. Describe how this research study could be used in personal and professional practice. Your response should be about 25 to 50 words. Consider the following:
   • How can the findings from this study be used by people in their work, personal lives, or to help others?

What to Submit

You will use your Soomo webtext writing template to complete the activity and download for submission. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Module Four Activity Rubric

Criteria	Exemplary (100%)	Proficient (85%)	Needs Improvement (55%)	Not Evident (0%)	Value
Purpose	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Summarizes the research study's purpose	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to the purpose of the study	Does not attempt criterion	8
Publication Dates	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Describes the relevance of the publication dates of the citations referenced for the research study	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to the relevance of the publication dates of the citations	Does not attempt criterion	10
Claim	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Identifies the type of claim the research study makes and explains response	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to the type of claim the research study makes	Does not attempt criterion	10
Research Method	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Describes the research method used in the research study	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to the research method used in the research study	Does not attempt criterion	10
Data Collection	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Describes the research study's data collection method	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to the research study's data collection method	Does not attempt criterion	10
Sample	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Describes the research study's sample	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to sample size or sample characteristics	Does not attempt criterion	10
Statistical Analysis	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Describes one type of statistical analysis conducted in the research study	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to the type of statistical analysis used in the research study	Does not attempt criterion	10
Limitation	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Describes one limitation from the research study	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to a limitation from the research study	Does not attempt criterion	7
Personal and Professional Practice	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Describes how this research could be used in personal and professional practice	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include details related to how this research can be used in personal and professional practice	Does not attempt criterion	10
Articulation of Response	Exceeds proficiency in an exceptionally clear, insightful, sophisticated, or creative manner	Clearly conveys meaning with correct grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purpose	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readability	Submission has critical errors in grammar, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas	10
Citations and Attributions	Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with few or no minor errors	Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with consistent minor errors	Uses citations for ideas requiring attribution, with major errors	Does not use citations for ideas requiring attribution	5
Total:	100%