Vignovic, J. A. & Thompson, L. F., (2010). Computer-mediated cross-cultural collaboration: Attributing communication errors to the person versus the situation. Journal of Applied Psychology. 95, 265-276.
Part A
Answer the following questions based on the content of article. Please answer in full sentences.
1. What do the authors describe as the purpose or goal of their research?
2. What research approach was used (naturalistic observation, correlational approach, or experimental method)? What evidence did you use to make this decision?
3. What types of design was used? Provide a schematic representation of the designs (Ray, 2012, p. 206, Ray, 2009, p. 209). Draw out the cells and label them.
4. What were the independent variables for each hypothesis?
a. How many levels of the independent variable were there for each hypothesis?
b. What did the researchers do to check if their manipulation of the IVs were successful?
5. What was the dependent variable?
a. How was the dependent variable operationalized?
b. Do you think this was a reliable way of measuring the dependent variable? Why or why not?
6. What were the results of the study? Yes, include the stats.
7. Considering internal validity, provide three (3) alternative explanations as to why they may have obtained the results they did. You will not receive full marks for simply naming a confound (e.g., history, maturation, etc.) you must also describe the threat (e.g., explain why you think history might be a confound in this particular situation, describe your alternative explanation). If you cannot identify a confound by name (e.g., history, maturation, etc.) you should still attempt to describe three potential threats to internal validity.
8. Was the study externally valid? In other words, do you think the findings can be generalized, and if so to whom? Cite evidence from the study to support your position.
Part B
This section should be in APA format. Include a title page for this section. An abstract is not necessary.
What I am looking for is a research proposal identifying what has been done previously (use the Vignovic & Thompson article) and how you are going to extend the research in this area. In other words, if you were going to do some research in this area, using this study as a starting point, what would you do? End the introduction with your clearly stated hypotheses. Follow this with the method section which includes participants and materials, and then the procedure. Examples of APA format are in the back of the text. Your proposal should answer all of the following.
1. The Introduction: Describe in some detail what has been done previously, what was missing in that research, and what you see as a next logical step.
a. Provide a concise description of your hypotheses, along with a statement of what variables are to be manipulated and what behaviour is to be measured.
2. Method
a. Participants: Give all relevant information about the participants used in the experiment, including
i) procedures for selecting and assigning participants and the agreements and payments to be made.
ii) major demographic characteristics such as age and sex.
iii) other demographic information (e.g., ethnic designation, language preference and use, level of education, health status) that is relevant to the study.
iv) total number of participants and number assigned to each condition.
b. Design: Describe the variables used and how they were operationalized. Describe the design of your study (e.g., experimental, correlational, etc.), and how you will control for potential confounds.
c. Materials: Describe the materials in sufficient detail to permit replication by another experimenter not familiar with this study. It should be clear why these particular operationalizations of the constructs have been chosen.
3. Procedure: Describe fully all relevant steps in the experiment such that another experimenter could perform the experiment in the same manner. Include instructions to participants (summarize or paraphrase instructions unless they are unusual or compose an experimental manipulation, in which case they may be presented verbatim), the formation of groups, and the specific experimental manipulations. Describe randomization and counterbalancing, and any other issues concerning methodology that are relevant to your study (refer to your text and lectures).
You may work on the assignment with your classmates (like I could stop you ) but what you hand in must be in your own words.
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