The Effect of Age on Memory Span Essay

Part C: Experimental Report write-up (85 marks) – Prepare an experimental report based on the CogLab “Memory Span” experiment and discuss the experimental results which answer the following research question: Does age detrimentally affect memory span?

Report writing process:

• Select any of the journal articles shared in Part B group work to write up the Introduction section of the experimental report. You may use additional journal articles.
• Write up the Methods section.
• Your instructor will collate the CogLab data you submitted by email in Part A, conduct the statistical analysis, prepare and upload the results (1 week after the Part A deadline). Once the statistical analysis has been released, write up the Results and Discussion sections. If you have not done PSY392 Methods of Data Analysis, it is highly recommended that you review the narrated PowerPoint presentation on ANOVA (accessible from Canvas L-group). This will help you to gain a better understanding of the statistical results.
• Attach the Appendix (ANOVA results/SPSS output).
• Provide a title for your report (Note: Do not start with “An Experimental Report on….”).
• Write up the Abstract (this appears at the top of the report).
• Remember to copy-and-paste the Peer Review Form (from Part B) to the end of your TMA02 document.

Note: The research hypotheses stated in the Introduction section should be logically formulated based on the literature review conducted and should have nothing to do with the actual statistical results (or the graphs from the SPSS output). It really does not matter how our results turn out. The statistical results of our data may or may not support the experimental hypotheses and that is perfectly fine. There is absolutely no need to be concerned about the actual statistical results when formulating the experimental hypotheses, bearing in mind that if you were to conduct an experimental study, you would always formulate your hypotheses BEFORE collecting and analysing the data