Academic English Research Report
Topic: Mobile phone usage while driving
Guidelines
Academic research reports at university are based on either experimental or survey research. For practical reasons, only 'survey research' can be carried out in Academic English. The range of possible research topics is limited and, therefore, students may not be able to choose from within their own general subject area.
The class will work on the same topic. Students will work in groups of 3-4.
Each group will:
- define it's own research question and hypothesis
- develop it's own questionnaire (approximately 15 questions)
- understand and follow the methodology process (survey 40-50 participants)
- examine the results and understand what they mean
- worktogether to construct the Methodology and the Results sections of the report.Thus, these 2 sections can be the same or similar.
However, the Abstract, the Introduction and the Discussion sections of the report are to be written individually.
The survey may be conducted on and/or off campus.
Each student will submit their own separate report, and the following must be provided:
- A title page
- Contents page
- All sections of the report
- A reference list
- An appendix with a clean copy of the questionnaire
Topic: Mobile phone usage while driving
Behaviours that could be surveyed include texting, use (or non-use) of hands free technology, accessing the internet, accessing social media, having conversations, finding directions, involvement in car accidents, gesturing while conversing.
References
Your Research Report must contain a minimum of THREE in-text citations, with only one being a direct quotation.
These citations must come from a minimum of two different sources. Your teacher will provide you with a number of resources on the topic, but you are encouraged to find some of your own.
These sources should be used for providing:
- background information on the topic and
- for identifying previous research on the topic of your Report.
Your citations and the Reference List must be in the correct format as per the recommended WSU Referencing Style Guide (available on the WSU library website).
Assignment Files -
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6z9vhonc2j6biqr/Assignment%20Files.rar?dl=0