Lab 2 Activity: APA Project # 1 Hypothesis and Literature Search In

Lab 2 Activity: APA Project # 1 Hypothesis and Literature Search

In this lab activity, you will decide on a topic for your first APA paper, generate a hypothesis based on this topic, and find journal articles relevant to this hypothesis.

Step 1: Choose a research hypothesis

Variables Available (*Must use at least one scale):

Age

Gender

Class Year

Intentions Scale (made up of three questions)-

How often participants plan to (intend to) exercise

Attitudes Scale (made up of 7 questions)

How participants feel (attitude) toward exercising

Subjective Norms Scale (made up of 6 questions)

The social pressure participants ‘feel’ from others to exercise

Perceived Behavioral Control (made up of 8 questions)

How much control participants believe they have over their ability to exercise

Total Minutes Exercised

Total Number of Exercise Sessions

# of Minutes of Vigorous Exercise

# of Minutes of Moderate Exercise

# of Minutes of Mild Exercise

# of Vigorous Exercise Sessions

# of Moderate Exercise Sessions

# of Mild Exercise Sessions

Hypotheses from Which to Choose (variables and which statistical test to run in parentheses):

The age of participants is positively related to how often they plan to (i.e. ‘intend’) exercise (Age vs. Intentions, bivariate correlation)

The age of participants is negatively related to how often they plan to (i.e. ‘intend’) exercise (Age vs. Intentions, bivariate correlation)

The age of participants is positively related to how they feel about (i.e. their attitudes towards) exercise (Age vs. Attitudes, bivariate correlation)

The age of participants is negatively related to how they feel about (i.e. their attitudes towards) exercise (Age vs. Attitudes, bivariate correlation)

The age of participants is positively related to the role of how they think society views/feels about exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) in their own exercising behavior (Age vs. Subjective Norms, bivariate correlation)

The age of participants is negatively related to the role of how they think society views/feels about exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) in their own exercising behavior (Age vs. Subjective Norms, bivariate correlation)

The age of participants is positively related to how much control they think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising (Age vs. Perceived Behavioral Control, bivariate correlation)

The age of participants is negatively related to how much control they think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising (Age vs. Perceived Behavioral Control, bivariate correlation)

Men and women differ on how often they plan (i.e. intend) to exercise (Gender vs. Intentions, t -test).

It is expected that men will have higher intentions than women will. OR

It is expected that women will have higher intentions than men will. (pick one)

Men and women differ on how the feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising (Gender vs. Attitudes, t-test).

It is expected that men will have higher attitudes than women will. OR

It is expected that women will have higher attitudes than men will. (pick one)

Men and women differ on the role of how they think society views/feels about exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) in their own exercising behavior (Gender vs. Subjective Norms, t-test).

It is expected that men will have higher subjective norms than women will. OR

It is expected that women will have higher subjective norms than men will. (pick one)

Men and women differ on how much control they think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising (Gender vs. Perceived Behavioral Control, t-test).

It is expected that men will have higher perceived behavioral control than women will. OR

It is expected that women will have higher perceived behavioral control than men will. (pick one)

Freshman, sophomore, junior and senior students differ on how often they plan (i.e. intend) to exercise (Class Year vs. Intentions, one-way ANOVA).

It is expected that freshman will have higher intentions than will sophomores. Sophomores will have higher intentions than will juniors. Juniors will have higher intentions than will seniors (freshman> sophomore> junior> senior). OR

It is expected that seniors will have higher intentions than will juniors. Juniors will have higher intentions than will sophomores. Sophomores will have higher intentions than will freshman (senior> junior> sophomore> freshman). (pick one)

Freshman, sophomore, junior and senior students differ on how the feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising (Class Year vs. Attitudes, one-way ANOVA)

It is expected that freshman will have higher attitudes than will sophomores. Sophomores will have higher attitudes than will juniors. Juniors will have higher attitudes than will seniors (freshman> sophomore> junior> senior). OR

It is expected that seniors will have higher attitudes than will juniors. Juniors will have higher attitudes than will sophomores. Sophomores will have higher attitudes than will freshman (senior> junior> sophomore> freshman). (pick one)

Freshman, sophomore, junior and senior students differ on the role of how they think society views/feels about exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) in their own exercising behavior (Class Year vs. Subjective Norms, one-way ANOVA)

It is expected that freshman will have higher subjective norms than will sophomores. Sophomores will have higher subjective norms than will juniors. Juniors will have higher subjective norms than will seniors (freshman> sophomore> junior> senior). OR

It is expected that seniors will have higher subjective norms than will juniors. Juniors will have higher subjective norms than will sophomores. Sophomores will have higher subjective norms than will freshman (senior> junior> sophomore> freshman). (pick one)

Freshman, sophomore, junior and senior students differ on how much control they think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising (Class Year vs. Perceived Behavioral Control, one-way ANOVA)

It is expected that freshman will have higher perceived behavioral control than will sophomores. Sophomores will have higher perceived behavioral control than will juniors. Juniors will have higher perceived behavioral control than will seniors (freshman> sophomore> junior> senior). OR

It is expected that seniors will have higher perceived behavioral control than will juniors. Juniors will have higher perceived behavioral control than will sophomores. Sophomores will have higher perceived behavioral control than will freshman (senior> junior> sophomore> freshman). (pick one)

How often (i.e. intention) participants plan to exercise is positively related to how they feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercise (Intentions vs. Attitudes, bivariate correlation)

How often (i.e. intention) participants plan to exercise is negatively related to how they feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercise (Intentions vs. Attitudes, bivariate correlation)

How often (i.e. intention) participants plan to exercise is positively related to the role of how they think society views/feels about exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) in their own exercising behavior (Intentions vs. Subjective Norms, bivariate correlation)

How often (i.e. intention) participants plan to exercise is negatively related to the role of how they think society views/feels about exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) in their own exercising behavior (Intentions vs. Subjective Norms, bivariate correlation)

How often (i.e. intention) participants plan to exercise is positively related to how much control they think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising (Intentions vs. Perceived Behavioral Control, bivariate correlation)

How often (i.e. intention) participants plan to exercise is negatively related to how much control they think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising (Intentions vs. Perceived Behavioral Control, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is positively related to the role of how they think society views/feels about exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) in their own exercising behavior (Attitudes vs. Subjective Norms, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is negatively related to the role of how they think society views/feels about exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) in their own exercising behavior (Attitudes vs. Subjective Norms, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is positively related to how much control they think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising (Attitudes vs. Perceived Behavioral Control, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is negatively related to how much control they think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising (Attitudes vs. Perceived Behavioral Control, bivariate correlation)

How participants think society views/feels about exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is positively related to how much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising (Subjective Norms vs. Perceived Behavioral Control, bivariate correlation)

How participants think society views/feels about exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is negatively related to how much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising (Subjective Norms vs. Perceived Behavioral Control, bivariate correlation)

How often (i.e. intention) participants plan to exercise is positively related to the total number of minutes they exercise (Intentions vs. Total Minutes Exercised, bivariate correlation)

How often (i.e. intention) participants plan to exercise is negatively related to the total number of minutes they exercise (Intentions vs. Total Minutes Exercised, bivariate correlation)

How often (i.e. intention) participants plan to exercise is positively related to their total number of exercise sessions (Intentions vs. Total Number of Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How often (i.e. intention) participants plan to exercise is negatively related to their total number of exercise sessions (Intentions vs. Total Number of Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How often (i.e. intention) participants plan to exercise is positively related to their number of minutes of vigorous exercise (Intentions vs. # of Minutes of Vigorous Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How often (i.e. intention) participants plan to exercise is negatively related to their number of minutes of vigorous exercise (Intentions vs. # of Minutes of Vigorous Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How often (i.e. intention) participants plan to exercise is positively related to their number of minutes of moderate exercise (Intentions vs. # of Minutes of Moderate Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How often (i.e. intention) participants plan to exercise is negatively related to their number of minutes of moderate exercise (Intentions vs. # of Minutes of Moderate Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How often (i.e. intention) participants plan to exercise is positively related to their number of minutes of mild exercise (Intentions vs. # of Mild Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How often (i.e. intention) participants plan to exercise is negatively related to their number of minutes of mild exercise (Intentions vs. # of Mild Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is positively related to the total number of minutes they exercise (Attitudes vs. Total Minutes Exercised, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is negatively related to the total number of minutes they exercise (Attitudes vs. Total Minutes Exercised, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is positively related to their total number of exercise sessions (Attitudes vs. Total Number of Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is negatively related to their total number of exercise sessions (Attitudes vs. Total Number of Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is positively related to their number of minutes of vigorous exercise (Attitudes vs. # of Minutes of Vigorous Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is negatively related to their number of minutes of vigorous exercise (Attitudes vs. # of Minutes of Vigorous Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is positively related to their number of minutes of moderate exercise (Attitudes vs. # of Minutes of Moderate Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is negatively related to their number of minutes of moderate exercise (Attitudes vs. # of Minutes of Moderate Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is positively related to their number of minutes of mild exercise (Attitudes vs. # of Minutes of Mild Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is negatively related to their number of minutes of mild exercise (Attitudes vs. # of Minutes of Mild Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is positively related to their number of vigorous exercise sessions (Attitudes vs. # of Vigorous Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is negatively related to their number of vigorous exercise sessions (Attitudes vs. # of Vigorous Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is positively related to their number of moderate exercise sessions (Attitudes vs. # of Moderate Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is negatively related to their number of moderate exercise sessions (Attitudes vs. # of Moderate Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is positively related to their number of mild exercise sessions (Attitudes vs. # of Mild Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is negatively related to their number of mild exercise sessions (Attitudes vs. # of Mild Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is positively related to their number of vigorous exercise sessions (Attitudes vs. # of Vigorous Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How the participants feel about (i.e. attitudes) exercising is negatively related to their number of vigorous exercise sessions (Attitudes vs. # of Vigorous Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How participants think that society views/feels exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is positively related to the total number of minutes they exercise (Subjective Norms vs. Total Minutes Exercised, bivariate correlation)

How participants think that society views/feels exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is negatively related to the total number of minutes they exercise (Subjective Norms vs. Total Minutes Exercised, bivariate correlation)

How participants think that society views/feels exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is positively related to their total number of exercise sessions (Subjective Norms vs. Total Number of Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How participants think that society views/feels exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is negatively related to their total number of exercise sessions (Subjective Norms vs. Total Number of Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How participants think that society views/feels exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is positively related to their number of minutes of vigorous exercise (Subjective Norms vs. # of Minutes of Vigorous Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How participants think that society views/feels exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is negatively related to their number of minutes of vigorous exercise (Subjective Norms vs. # of Minutes of Vigorous Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How participants think that society views/feels exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is positively related to their number of minutes of moderate exercise (Subjective Norms vs. # of Minutes of Moderate Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How participants think that society views/feels exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is negatively related to their number of minutes of moderate exercise (Subjective Norms vs. # of Minutes of Moderate Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How participants think that society views/feels exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is positively related to their number of minutes of mild exercise (Subjective Norms vs. # of Minutes of Mild Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How participants think that society views/feels exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is negatively related to their number of minutes of mild exercise (Subjective Norms vs. # of Minutes of Mild Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How participants think that society views/feels exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is positively related to their number of vigorous exercise sessions (Subjective Norms vs. # of Vigorous Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How participants think that society views/feels exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is negatively related to their number of vigorous exercise sessions (Subjective Norms vs. # of Vigorous Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How participants think that society views/feels exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is positively related to their number of moderate exercise sessions (Subjective Norms vs. # of Moderate Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How participants think that society views/feels exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is negatively related to their number of moderate exercise sessions (Subjective Norms vs. # of Moderate Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How participants think that society views/feels exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is positively related to their number of mild exercise sessions Subjective Norms vs. # of Mild Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How participants think that society views/feels exercising (i.e. Subjective Norms) is negatively related to their number of mild exercise sessions Subjective Norms vs. # of Mild Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising is positively related to the total number of minutes they exercise (Perceived Behavioral Control vs. Total Minutes Exercised, bivariate correlation)

How much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising is negatively related to the total number of minutes they exercise (Perceived Behavioral Control vs. Total Minutes Exercised, bivariate correlation)

How much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising is positively related to their total number of exercise sessions (Perceived Behavioral Control vs. Total Number of Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising is negatively related to their total number of exercise sessions (Perceived Behavioral Control vs. Total Number of Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising is positively related to their number of minutes of vigorous exercise (Perceived Behavioral Control vs. # of Minutes of Vigorous Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising is negatively related to their number of minutes of vigorous exercise (Perceived Behavioral Control vs. # of Minutes of Vigorous Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising is positively related to their number of minutes of moderate exercise (Perceived Behavioral Control vs. # of Minutes of Moderate Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising is negatively related to their number of minutes of moderate exercise (Perceived Behavioral Control vs. # of Minutes of Moderate Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising is positively related to their number of minutes of mild exercise (Perceived Behavioral Control vs. # of Minutes of Mild Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising is negatively related to their number of minutes of mild exercise (Perceived Behavioral Control vs. # of Minutes of Mild Exercise, bivariate correlation)

How much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising is positively related to their number of vigorous exercise sessions (Perceived Behavioral Control vs. # of Vigorous Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising is negatively related to their number of vigorous exercise sessions (Perceived Behavioral Control vs. # of Vigorous Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising is positively related to their number of moderate exercise sessions (Perceived Behavioral Control vs. # of Moderate Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising is negatively related to their number of moderate exercise sessions (Perceived Behavioral Control vs. # of Moderate Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising is positively related to their number of mild exercise sessions (Perceived Behavioral Control vs. # of Mild Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

How much control participants think they have (i.e. perceived behavioral control) over exercising is negatively related to their number of mild exercise sessions (Perceived Behavioral Control vs. # of Mild Exercise Sessions, bivariate correlation)

Step 2: Based on the hypothesis you choose, fill out the following information

(*Note this will serve as an outline for what to write in your paper)

Introduction

What is your research topic (*Note, it must be related to exercise – view the ‘Class Survey with codebook’ file for a reminder of the questions asked in the class survey)?

What is your hypothesis chosen from the list above?

List five references you can cite in your literature review (list in APA style):

Method:

What is your research design (self-report, observational, experimental)?
*Hint: everyone will have the same research design for the first APA paper

What are your two variables, including whether each is continuous or categorical?

Give the number and types of variables, which statistical test is most appropriate for you to use to analyze your data (which we will do next week)?

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Step 3: Save and upload your file

Save your file as a pdf with the file name: YOURLASTNAME_Week_#3_Lab_Activity.pdf

Upload your completed project outline as a .pdf to the ‘Week # 3 Lab Activity’ Canvas assignment by the END of lab today.

Criteria

Full Credit (5 points)

No Credit (0 points)

Lab Activity Submitted

Lab activity fully completed and submitted BEFORE the end of the assigned lab.

No lab activity submitted, or lab activity submitted AFTER the end of the assigned lab (regardless of level of completion).