Psy 205 Group Project Instructions

Each
group member should ask friends, family members, or coworkers the two questions
listed below. Their responses should be
recorded in the data collection sheet on page 2.

One
group member should be responsible for entering all of the data into Excel or
SPSS.

Each
group should submit one paper that includes:
title page, abstract, brief introduction with hypothesis, method
section, results, discussion, and references. The results section should
include information about the data analysis and should also include a graph
(i.e., scatterplot). This paper must be written in APA format.

When
requesting information, please use the following information:

“Hello. I am completing an assignment for my research
methods course and would like to ask you two questions. Are you willing to participate?

For
the first question, you will need to provide a rating from 1 to 5 (be sure to
tell the participant the ratings below).

1. I have high self-esteem.

1 2 3 4 5

Strongly disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree

1. How many friends do you have?

Reference

Robins,
R. W., Hendin, H. M., &Trzesniewski, K. H. (2001). Measuring global self-esteem. Construct validation of a single-item measure
and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin,
27, 151-161.

Data Collection Form