Life cycle of a butterfly- Discussion.

Life cycle of a butterfly- Discussion.

What are the implications for the initial theory or empirical question
you asked? What do we know now?
 Provide alternative explanations of your results?
o Might there have been a confound?
o What other variables should you have been measuring or controlling?
o Might these results have been different with a different sample?
o (e.g., men v. women, different social or cultural group)-why might you
expect this to be the case? Don’t simply state, “women and men should be
studied.” You must have a plausible reason for why men and women
would be different on this particular theoretical construct.
 What were the limitations of your study for Internal Validity?
o From the way you operationally defined or measured your variables?
o From the overall design or larger research approach?
 Limitations to External Validity, in terms of:
o Your experimental manipulation / independent variable:
o Was it realistic? Is this how it would work outside the lab?
o Did it really reflect the hypothetical construct you were interested in?
o Your assessment of the outcome / dependent variable:
o Did it reflect the relevant construct?
o The research setting or context:
o Was this setting representative of the way things work outside the lab?
o Problems with your sample or sampling procedure. Don’t use yea-saying
and nay-saying unless you have evidence in your sample. For
example, percentage who said the same number for all questions.
Conclusion: 4 points
 What do we now know about your research topic and how does it
inform the “big picture”?
 How has psychological theory been (or not been…) advanced?

 What basic descriptive or other data do we now have about the research
topic that we did not have before?
Future Directions for Research and Applications:
 What other research follows from this; what should your next study be?
Think about how the current study could be expanded-what questions
should be addressed in terms of research
 How would you apply the conclusions of your study to the “real world?”
 Think about how the current study could help society with a current
problem, that is, how your findings could help to address or
understand a current societal problem.

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LIFECYCLE OF A BUTTERFLY

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