Criteria | Marks |
Title | 0% |
a. Summarises the findings of the study or the focus of investigation | |
ABSTRACT: Providing an overview of the study- its aims, method, results, and implications | 5% |
a. Gives a complete, but succinct summary of the aims / study rationale, sample, methods, results, and key implications / conclusions of the study. | |
INTRODUCTION: Explaining the importance of the study and how it addresses a problem or gap in the literature | 15% |
a. Identifies the general relevance of the area of study | |
b. Provides a purposeful and critical integrative overview of relevant existing knowledge on the topic (including definitions). | |
c. Identifies the specific rationale and aims for this study within this topic and their contribution to addressing a problem. | |
d. Provides hypotheses (or where appropriate research questions) that follow from a reasoned argument stemming from reviewed literature. | |
METHOD: A detailed description of what was done to answer the research question | 5% |
a. Provides a detailed description of the sample (inc. number of participants, age range). | |
RESULTS: A detailed description of how the data were prepared and analysed, and what was found | 35% |
a. Presents relevant descriptive statistics to contextualise research questions/hypotheses | |
b. Specifies the analyses conducted to address particular research questions. | |
c. Reports and describes the results of these analyses (but does not interpret them). | |
DISCUSSION: Interpretation and synthesis of the results in relation to (i) the hypotheses, (ii) the research question/aims, and (iii) the broader literature | 35% |
a. Summarises the aims of the study and the results in comparison to the hypotheses (or research questions). | |
b. Provides an explanation/interpretation of the results that contextualises them within the world (implications) and the broader literature. | |
c. Identifies, explains and discusses any limitations which compromise the internal or external validity of the study. | |
d. Provides directions for future research that stem directly from the results of the current study. | |
e. Summarises the contribution to the literature with respect to the aims of the study | |
SCIENTIFIC WRITING STYLE | 5% |
a. Evidence (in the form of references, results or reasoning) is provided for all assertions of fact. | |
b. Argument is structured in a manner that is logical and integrated. | |
c. Concepts drawn from other sources are paraphrased and cited. | |
d. Spelling and grammar are correct. | |
e. The document is formatted as per specified style. | |
f. Word limit is adhered to. |