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Research Essay First Draft Your resources for this assignment: Kennedy Cunningham All Articles.pdf Kennedy Cunningham Notes.pdf Essay First Draft Instructions: Type Your First Draft in This Word Document in Dr. Pasini’s OneDrive. Sign into your San Jac account to make sure changes to this Word document are tracked under your name. The Word document should not ask you to request access, but if it does, close it and reload it, and it should open. This document contains your Outline and Your Free Writes and Research Position Statement (if submitted). Kennedy Cunningham Essay Document Opening any websites or links other than the ones I’ve provided to type your first draft and the previous articles and note cards will result in a zero on the assignment. AI Tools are not permitted for the first draft assignment. The only allowed websites for this assignment are the links I’ve provided here to my OneDrive where these documents are stored. You will have a time limit of three hours to build your Outline assignment into a multi-paragraphed first draft of your research essay. There is no requirement to use all three hours. If you would like more than three hours, please submit what you have finished at the end of the time limit, and I will reopen your assignment for you. Additions to the essay draft document outside of the time frame of your Honorlock session are not allowed at this time and will result in a zero on the assignment. Full Instructions: What You Will Write 1. Introduction (ABC Structure) Your introduction should have one clear paragraph with: A – Attention-Grabber A thoughtful question OR short scenario related to your topic; a scenario is a story or anecdote that grabs attention The attention-grabber can make your reader interested in your topic. B – Background Provide context so your reader understands your topic and will be prepared for what comes next Define key ideas or explain why the topic matters C – Claim (Thesis Statement/Research Position) Your research-based position Should clearly answer your research question Should guide your entire essay 2. Body Paragraphs (MEAL Plan + Source Synthesis) – build and expand your Outline Each body paragraph should follow MEAL organization: M – Main Idea Topic sentence that connects to your thesis E – Evidence (REQUIRED: 2 sources per paragraph) You must use at least two different sources and connect them through synthesis ( You may quote, paraphrase, or summarize A – Analysis (THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART) Explain how the two sources relate: Do they agree?   Does one extend the other? Do they show a productive disagreement? Agreement – They say almost the same thing. Extension – One source adds new insight or detail to the idea in the other source. Productive disagreement – They disagree in a way that helps you explore the issue more deeply. Your job is to connect the sources together, not talk about them separately. L – Lead-Out Wrap up the paragraph Connect back to your main idea and/or move forward 3. Conclusion (XYZ Structure) X – Re-explain your thesis Say it in a fresh way (not word-for-word) Y – Why does this matter? Explain the importance of your topic for real people or society Z – Zing End with a strong final thought, insight, or question Source Requirements You must use ALL 7 of your approved sources You must include in-text citations (MLA format) Each body paragraph should include synthesized evidence Length Expectation Approximately 4-6 pages Focus on development and clarity, not perfection How This Will Be Graded (4-Point Scale) This is a formative draft grade, focused on effort and progress: 4 – Exemplary Complete draft with all parts (ABC, MEAL, XYZ) Uses all 7 sources Clear attempts at synthesis and analysis 3 – Accomplished Mostly complete draft Uses most sources Some synthesis and structure present 2 – Competent Partial draft OR weak development Limited use of sources or structure 1 – Developing Minimal effort or missing major components 0 – Not Submitted / Off-task Final Advice Before You Begin This does not have to be perfect. You will revise one last time off Honorlock Focus on explaining connections between sources If you get stuck, just do your best to keep going.

How would a researcher quantitatively summarize a scientific literature?

What does ‘this study has a statistical power of 0.8’ mean?

When a researcher is in theory-testing mode, __________ is/are a high priority.

RESEARCH STUDY 13.3: Dr. Anderson is a nutritionist who helps clients lose weight prior to surgery. She is working with W. J., a male client who is planning on undergoing a heart transplant. He currently eats more than 3,500 calories a day and has been asked by his doctor to cut the number of calories to about 1,800 (400 for breakfast, 600 for lunch, and 800 for dinner). She is curious as to whether a food journal will help W. J. reduce the number of calories he eats. A food journal is used to record everything a person eats to help patients be more aware of what they’re eating. W. J.’s partner also recorded the food he consumed at each meal to have complete data before introducing the journal. Dr. Anderson decides to phase in the food journal gradually, initially having W. J. record only what he ate at breakfast during the first three days after baseline (days 4–6). During days 7–9, the journal is used at lunch, too, and during days 10–12, it also is used during dinner. The data for Dr. Anderson’s study are below.   What type of small-N design has Dr. Anderson used with W. J.?

Can the training of working memory lead to an improvement of intelligence in healthy young adults?

Dr. Morimoto is curious as to whether exposing people to violent video games causes them to be more aggressive. He assigns half his participants to play a video game for 5 minutes and the other half to play for 7 minutes. He finds that there is no relationship between playing the game longer and being more aggressive. What might be to blame for this null effect?

Which is NOT a potential internal validity threat in any study?

An exercise experiment to test weight loss was conducted and participants were split into three different groups: endurance, weight-lifting, and another group to follow a diet regimen. However, experimenters noticed the weight-lifting group had tremendous difference of increase weight loss between the other groups due to several participants being able to volunteer themselves to be in the group. Which threat of internal validity does this experiment contain?

Which of the following things can be done to reduce measurement error?