Abstract
Are implications of research discussed? Yes No
Have you kept in mind the goal of the research and avoided
claims that far exceed that goal? Yes No
Introduction
We have not put any results of the study in the introduction. Yes No
When we make a claim (e.g., "honesty" is an important aspect
of every relationship"; "emotions start in the mind and then the
body reacts"), we cite a study or book that supports
that assertion. Yes No
We define our construct and cite the source of our definition. Yes No
We explained the reasons for the types of items we Yes No
will include (e.g., why we will have three subscales)
We have kept in mind the goal of the research and have not
put forth hypotheses that go beyond that goal -- and beyond
what we could have found in the study conducted. Yes No
We have made it clear why we want to do the study (This
might include talking about the importance of the construct
and the weaknesses --or lack of--of existing measures of
that construct). Yes No
We have avoided talking about our own personal experiences
and feelings. Yes No
We have included a statement, such as "The purpose of this
study was to examine the ___ Scale's ......." Yes No
Method
Is it clear that your scale is separate from that of the other scales
that were given to participants? (You may have to make sure
you didn't mislead/confuse readers in your Abstract as well)Yes No
For each of the other scales you used, have you cited the source
of the items for that scale? Yes No
If we took items from a scale, we said so, rather than
saying "we got our ideas for questions from an article
written by ...." Yes No
Is it clear from your write-up what each of the scales you
used was supposed to measure? For example, did you avoid
saying "our discriminant measure was ...." without telling
us what construct the scale was supposed to measure. Yes No
We included sample items from each measure. Yes No
We used separate paragraphs to describe each measure. Yes No
Did you avoid misusing the terms "randomly selected" or
"randomly assigned"? (You may have to make sure
you didn't mislead readers in your Abstract as well) Yes No
Did you avoid misusing the term "experiment"? Yes No
Results
When you report an analysis using correlation coefficients,
is it clear that you are correlating two sets of scores?Yes No
When you talked about a correlation, was it clear which two
scales or sets of scores were being correlated with each other?
(You may have to make sure you didn't confuse readers
about this in your Abstract as well) Yes No
We allow the reader to understand what the correlation
coefficient means. That is, they know what a high score
on each measure indicates, so they know what a positive
or negative correlation between the scales shows. Yes No
When you report an analysis, do you give a reason for
doing the analysis (rather than merely reporting a
correlation coefficient)? Yes No
When you report an analysis, do you tell whether the
results provide evidence for the internal consistency,
convergent validity, or discriminant validity of your study?Yes No
Do you use the correct form of reporting the Pearson
r? (See the format checklist in Appendix A) Yes No
If we didn't do a statistical significance test, we didn't
say that our results were significant (or not significant). Yes No
Discussion
As with the introduction, we have kept in mind the goal
of the research and have not put forth hypotheses that go
beyond that goal. Yes No
We have not acted like results of the study support
conclusions that they do not. Yes No
Have you spelled out some interesting future directions for
research? (Note: Sometimes, in your original introduction,
you suggested some good directions. Sometimes,
in your original discussion, you even claimed your research
proved certain interesting hypotheses Although your study
wasn't designed to test those ideas, further studies could.)Yes No
If we argued for using more participants in a future study,
we clearly explained the benefits of that strategy. Yes No
If our discriminant validity was poor because our measure
correlated too strongly with another measure, we speculated
about the reasons for this strong relationship. Yes No
General
We have read your paper aloud to somebody to see if it Yes No
makes sense.
We have avoided the passive tense. Yes No
We have tried not to confuse "affect" and "effect" Yes No
We use "who" or "whom" to refer to people rather Yes No
than the word "that."
We didn't make cause-effect statements you couldn't back up. Yes No
We didn't use the term "experiment" if we didn't really mean
experiment. Yes No
We didn't use any bold-face type. Yes No
We outlined our introduction and discussion sections. Yes No
We avoided the word "which" whenever possible. Yes No
Numbers under 10 are spelled out ("four") rather than
put in number format ("4"). Yes No
We have spell-checked our paper. Yes No