Describe the purpose and the importance of the proposed study in the context of current theory and previous research. Your hypotheses should be a logical extension of your literature review. When stating your hypotheses, be sure that both your independent and dependent variables are operationally defined. This does not mean that you should describe your complete methodology in the Introductory Section. Animals Describe your population and sampling procedure.
Procedure Describe the overall method and research design.
Include descriptions of each condition, the number of subjects per condition, instructions, and your procedures for collecting your specific responses, data, or outcomes . Discuss possible ethical problems and state how you intend to deal with them. Results and Analyses 1. Be sure to clearly state what specific responses, data, or outcomes that you graphing. Based on your design, the nature of your responses, data or scores.