San Diego State University Effects of Mobile Phone Distraction Discussion

Use this outline to help you write the paragraph and use past tense only. Please follow the slides to guide you and Remember to cite references in the introduction carefully and correctly

● Summarize the main features of the methodology of the background article

● Summarize the relevant findings (key word “relevant”-not all of them) of the background article

● Summarize the conclusions of the findings from the background article

Current study (OUR CELL PHONE STUDY)—What did we do and why? (briefly) (Note: If you have not already collected your data, you may need to talk about it as if you have already collected it.)

●Why did we do the current study?Why is it important to study this?o Is it a recognized problem? (or potential problem)

OR Is there conflicting literature in the area? (leaves questions to be addressed)

● What was done in the current study? What were the variables of interest? What was the methodology (generally speaking)?

Hypothesis

● What did you expect to find? (be specific in describing the relationship between your

variables of interest) Why did you expect to find this?

It was hypothesized…