Research study on False Balance
RESEARCH PROPOSAL
IMPORTANT: You will be doing this study in class. Everything you propose should be based on using the materials provided and your classmates as participants. Over the next few weeks, you will be participating in other learners’ studies and have your classmate participate in yours. Do not use participants outside of this course.
Use Topic From Literature Review
For the research proposal, use the same article and materials that you based your literature review on.
False Balance [DOC]: Use two articles, one on the lack of connection between vaccines and autism and the other on the connection, with a questionnaire to measure responses.
False Balance
Review the material for False Balance. Then, read the following article, as it may help give you ideas on how to design your study:
Cook, J., Lewandowsky, S., Ecker, U. K. H. (2017). Neutralizing misinformation through inoculation: Exposing misleading argumentation techniques reduces their influence. PLoS One, 12(5), 1–17.
Assignment Preparation
Be sure that you have completed the media piece in this week and have taken notes on methods that you will use to sample your participants and collect and analyze your data.
If you have not done so yet, revise your literature review based on any instructor feedback you received. (literature review is attached along with instructors feed back)
Assignment Instructions
Create a research proposal that provides a detailed plan for your experiment. For this assignment, write your research proposal. Be sure to use the Research Proposal Template [DOCX], as it provides context and wording that you should use to help you clearly explain your main points. By using the template, you will cover all of the points below.
Insert your revised literature review in the Literature Review section in the template.
Operationally define the variables that you are using in your study.
State your hypothesis for your study.
Report on the method you will use to sample your participants.
Use your notes from the media piece to guide your sampling method selection.
Note: You will be using your classmates as participants for this project.
Explain the method you will use to collect and analyze your data.
Use your notes from the media piece to guide your sampling method selection.
Choose the measurement that matches your study.
Review the template for suggested language.
Discuss how the measurement increases the reliability and validity of the study.
Explain your procedure based on research design you chose.
