Format for analysis of research designs:

Type of test:

   Explanation:

Parametric assumptions

   Normality

   Equal variances

   Independence

   Number scale

Power factors

   Sample size

   Effect size

   Sensitivity of the DV to the IV

   Alpha

   Design

   Directional versus non-directional hypothesis

   Type of test

   Research procedures & materials

Overall summary re: power

   Strengths –

   Weaknesses –

   Overall, it appears that . . .

            [there is / there is not enough power to reject the null if it is actually wrong.]