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Psy305 51E Stats and Research Design II 
Term Paper Part 1 Instruction
As stated on the Syllabus, one major graded assignment for the course is a term 
project, which contains three parts. The purpose of this assignment is for you to get 
experience with the overall process of conducting scientific, experimental research. 
The research topic for the Term Paper is intervention activities can increase ones 
happiness level. With this research topic in mind, the instruction below is for Part 1-
Literature Review. 
1. Content of the Paper: This literature review is also called an introduction 
section for your final research paper. In this part, you will be required to read 
relevant research on the provided research topic. I have listed out some 
empirical journal articles for your reference. Please check the Term Paper 
Journal Articles section in the course module. You will need to summarize and 
connect the findings from the empirical research articles, critique them, and then
use them to support an argument for why a study should/need to be done. The 
argument you write will need to be organized and concise, while showing 
competency for interpreting research articles.
Basically, I would like you to explore the related intervention variables which can
boost happiness. These variables include but not limit to: 
Counting ones blessings
Performing acts of kindness
Using ones strength in a new way
Writing letters of gratitude
Writing ones Best Possible Self (BPS)
Volunteering
Eventually we will narrow down these listed variables to two (say writing 
letters of gratitude and writing ones BPS) and design an experimental two-
way ANOVA study, which is the second part of this term paper.
2. References: The paper should include 6 or more references; all should be from 
reputable scholarly sources and at least 4 of your references must primarily 
contain reports of empirical research. No secondary sources may be included. 
You can use the journal articles I provided in the course module, or you can 
search and find other related or similar journal articles on this happiness 
research topic.
3. Format: The paper should be in APA format, double-spaced in MS Word with 
12 pt. Times New Roman font and 1 margins on all 4 sides. 
4.  Direct quotations: You should keep the number of direct quotations to a 
minimum, no more than four or five. Use them only where the exact wording of 
the original is important. Citations and direct quotations must be in APA format. 
5. Length: Your paper should be 5-7 pages long (this includes your title page but 
reference pages).
6.  When to submit the paper: Submit the paper during the Week of 9 (03/07- 
03/13), with a deadline of 03/13, 11:59PM. 
** Important: Please allocate your time accordingly and make couples of 
changes before your submission by the due date of 03/13.
7. Where to submit the paper: Submit your paper online to the Term Paper 
Assignment Submission Folder, which can be found from the top tool bar 
Activities – Assignments Term Paper Part 1. In addition, you need to submit 
the same paper to Ms. McLanes lab module for grading
s three parts. The purpose of this assignment is for you to get 
experience with the overall process of conducting scientific, experimental research. 
The research topic/question for the Term Paper is intervention activities can increase 
ones happiness level. With this research question in mind, Part 2 instruction is listed 
below. 
I. Content of the Paper
Term Paper Part 2 is your complete research paper and should include the following 
sections:
Cover Page Psy305 51E Stats and Research Design II
Term Paper Part 2 GuidelinePsy305 51E Stats and Research Design II
Term Paper Part 2 GuidelineAs stated on the Syllabus, one major graded assignment for the course is a term 
project, which contains three parts. The purpose of this assignment is for you to get 
experience with the overall process of conducting scientific, experimental research. 
The research topic/question for the Term Paper is intervention activities can increase 
ones happiness level. With this research question in mind, Part 2 instruction is listed 
below. 
I. Content of the Paper
Term Paper Part 2 is your complete research paper and should include the following 
sections:
Cover Page
Abstract
Introduction 
Method
Results
Discussion
References
1. Cover Page, Abstract, and Introduction should be your revised Term Paper 
Part 1.
2. Method
In this section, please address Participants, Design, Materials, and Procedure.
a) Participants: we will have 24 participants total. 
      Please describe the relevant details of the participants, including
      demographic information of the participants, how the participants were
      selected and assigned to the study conditions.
b) Design: It should be a two-way (2×2) ANOVA experimental research. Please 
address the dependent variable, i.e., happiness in this study, and provide 
operational definition of happiness.
Define the two independent variables (IVs) and describe the levels of each of 
the two IVs. 
     For the two independent variables, as I mentioned in Term Paper Part 1,
     please choose from the list below:
      Counting ones blessings
    Performing acts of kindness
Using ones strength in a new way
Writing letters of gratitude
Writing ones Best Possible Self (BPS)
Volunteering
c) Materials: Describe what instrument and materials were used in this study. 
For measurement of Happiness, as I mentioned for Term Paper Part 1, we 
will use Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ, 2002). 
Hill, P., & Argyle, M. (2002). The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire: A compact
     scale for the measurement of psychological well-being. Personality and
     Individual Differences, 33(7), 1073-1082.  
In this section, you should give a detailed account of OHQ, i.e., how many 
items it includes, how it scores, and one or two examples of the questionnaire
items. In addition, describe in detail what materials you had used for the two 
IVs. 
d) Procedure: Please provide detailed information on what the participants 
experienced in the study, what instructions were given to the participants, 
tasks performed by the participants, and how the participants were assigned 
to the conditions. 
3. Results
In this section, please state the dependent variable analyzed and the tests used 
to analyze it. Make statements about the results, indicating differences or 
relationships found, with statistical values to support it. 
Make sure to report the two main effects, interaction effect, and include a graph 
for the result. 
Here are the simulated data for this study. In this set of data, the two 
independent variables are Writing Letters of Gratitude and Writing Ones Best 
Possible Self (BPS).  Each of the two IVs has two levels – either writing or not.
You can change the independent variables based on your design, but I hope you 
will use this set of data. If you have SPSS or JASP, please go ahead run the 
ANOVA results. Meanwhile, I will provide the SPSS output for this data set. 
Data Set
Participan
t ID
Journaling
Gratitude Writing BPS Happiness
Score
1 Journaling G Writing BPS 79
2  Journaling G Writing BPS 78
3  Journaling G Writing BPS 81
4  Journaling G Writing BPS 89
5  Journaling G Writing BPS 85
6  Journaling G Writing BPS 92
7  Journaling G Diary 78
8  Journaling G Diary 79
9  Journaling G Diary 66
10  Journaling G Diary 78
11  Journaling G Diary 69
12  Journaling G Diary 75
13 General
Journaling
Writing BPS 74
14 General
Journaling
Writing BPS 72
15 General
Journaling
Writing BPS 76
16 General
Journaling
Writing BPS 65
17 General
Journaling
Writing BPS 75
18 General
Journaling
Writing BPS 77
19 General
Journaling
Diary 75
20 General
Journaling
Diary 78
21 General
Journaling
Diary 78
22 General
Journaling
Diary 71
23 General
Journaling
Diary 62
24 General
Journaling
Diary 72
4. Discussion
In this section, address whether the hypotheses were supported or not, provide a
comparison of your results with those from past studies. Discuss limitations of the
study and provide directions for future research.
5. References: The paper should include 6 or more references; all should be from 
reputable scholarly sources and at least 4 of your references must primarily 
contain reports of empirical research. No secondary sources may be included. 
You can use the journal articles I provided in the course module, or you can 
search and find other related or similar journal articles on this happiness 
research topic.
6. Appendix: The line graph is required. Tables are optional.
II. Format: The paper should be in APA format, double-spaced in MS Word with
12 pt. Times New Roman font and 1 margins on all 4 sides. 
III.  Direct quotations: You should keep the number of direct quotations to a 
minimum, no more than four or five. Use them only where the exact wording 
of the original is important. Citations and direct quotations must be in APA 
format. 
IV. Length: Your finished paper should be 10-15 pages long. This includes every
page of your paper.
V.  When to submit the paper: Submit the first draft of your paper during the 
Week of 13 (04/11- 04/17), with a deadline of Sunday 04/17, 11:59PM. 
VI. After your Lab instructor provides some feedback for your paper, you should 
submit your revised final paper no later than 11:59PM, Sunday 05/01. The 
grades from this submission will go to your final course grades.
VII. Where to submit the paper: Submit your paper online to the Term Paper
     Assignment Submission Folder, which can be found from the top tool bar
 Activities – Assignments Term Paper Part 2. In addition, you need to
As stated on the Syllabus, one major graded assignment for the course is a term 
project, which contain
     please choose from the list below:
      Counting ones blessings
    Performing acts of kindness
Using ones strength in a new way
Writing letters of gratitude
Writing ones Best Possible Self (BPS)
Volunteering
c) Materials: Describe what instrument and materials were used in this study. 
For measurement of Happiness, as I mentioned for Term Paper Part 1, we 
will use Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ, 2002). 
Hill, P., & Argyle, M. (2002). The Oxford Happiness Questionnaire: A compact
     scale for the measurement of psychological well-being. Personality and
     Individual Differences, 33(7), 1073-1082.  
In this section, you should give a detailed account of OHQ, i.e., how many 
items it includes, how it scores, and one or two examples of the questionnaire
items. In addition, describe in detail what materials you had used for the two 
IVs. 
d) Procedure: Please provide detailed information on what the participants 
experienced in the study, what instructions were given to the participants, 
tasks performed by the participants, and how the participants were assigned 
to the conditions. 
3. Results
In this section, please state the dependent variable analyzed and the tests used 
to analyze it. Make statements about the results, indicating differences or 
relationships found, with statistical values to support it. 
Make sure to report the two main effects, interaction effect, and include a graph 
for the result. 
Here are the simulated data for this study. In this set of data, the two 
independent variables are Writing Letters of Gratitude and Writing Ones Best 
Possible Self (BPS).  Each of the two IVs has two levels – either writing or not.
You can change the independent variables based on your design, but I hope you 
will use this set of data. If you have SPSS or JASP, please go ahead run the 
ANOVA results. Meanwhile, I will provide the SPSS output for this data set. 
Data Set
Participan
t ID
Journaling
Gratitude Writing BPS Happiness
Score
1 Journaling G Writing BPS 79
2  Journaling G Writing BPS 78
3  Journaling G Writing BPS 81
4  Journaling G Writing BPS 89
5  Journaling G Writing BPS 85
6  Journaling G Writing BPS 92
7  Journaling G Diary 78
8  Journaling G Diary 79
9  Journaling G Diary 66
10  Journaling G Diary 78
11  Journaling G Diary 69
12  Journaling G Diary 75
13 General
Journaling
Writing BPS 74
14 General
Journaling
Writing BPS 72
15 General
Journaling
Writing BPS 76
16 General
Journaling
Writing BPS 65
17 General
Journaling
Writing BPS 75
18 General
Journaling
Writing BPS 77
19 General
Journaling
Diary 75
20 General
Journaling
Diary 78
21 General
Journaling
Diary 78
22 General
Journaling
Diary 71
23 General
Journaling
Diary 62
24 General
Journaling
Diary 72
4. Discussion
In this section, address whether the hypotheses were supported or not, provide a
comparison of your results with those from past studies. Discuss limitations of the
study and provide directions for future research.
5. References: The paper should include 6 or more references; all should be from 
reputable scholarly sources and at least 4 of your references must primarily 
contain reports of empirical research. No secondary sources may be included. 
You can use the journal articles I provided in the course module, or you can 
search and find other related or similar journal articles on this happiness 
research topic.
6. Appendix: The line graph is required. Tables are optional.
II. Format: The paper should be in APA format, double-spaced in MS Word with
12 pt. Times New Roman font and 1 margins on all 4 sides. 
III.  Direct quotations: You should keep the number of direct quotations to a 
minimum, no more than four or five. Use them only where the exact wording 
of the original is important. Citations and direct quotations must be in APA 
format. 
IV. Length: Your finished paper should be 10-15 pages long. This includes every
page of your paper.
V.  When to submit the paper: Submit the first draft of your paper during the 
Week of 13 (04/11- 04/17), with a deadline of Sunday 04/17, 11:59PM. 
VI. After your Lab instructor provides some feedback for your paper, you should 
submit your revised final paper no later than 11:59PM, Sunday 05/01. The 
grades from this submission will go to your final course grades.
VII. Where to submit the paper: Submit your paper online to the Term Paper
     Assignment Submission Folder, which can be found from the top tool bar
 Activities – Assignments Term Paper Part 2. In addition, you need to