Your Task is to: Carry out an independent research study (experiment) written up as a four-page paper using the template on Blackboard This research paper should include: ✓ A succinct abstract ✓ Introduction / Background literature (circa half a page with between 5 and 
10 references) ✓ Research design ✓ Consideration of sampling, experimental design, the use of data ✓ Results ✓ Discussion ✓ Conclusion ✓ References You are encouraged to refer to the notes from Scott MacKenzie on writing up a research paper which are on the Blackboard pages 
You will hand in a four-page paper as outlined above