Presentation

Your presentation should be no more than 15 minutes max (plus 5-10 minutes for questions). This means that you should have no more than 15 slides max.

· Title slide

· Intro slides should set up problem, outline theory, and briefly address how this theory leads into your hypotheses. You don't need to have every citation or section from your intro, and this should be no more than 4 slides and 1/3 of your overall time.

· Method slides should describe your participants, methods, and measures. They should be in future tense.

· Expected results slides should explain how you would deal with the data, any initial analyses (e.g., manipulation checks, coding), and then go through each hypothesis. For each, you should explain what test you would run and what you would expect to find to support your hypothesis. You can make figures of what you'd expect if you want, or explain it verbally.

· Discussion slides should summarize the expected results and talk about what they would mean. Relate back to your theory and the initial problem. Briefly discuss limitations and future research. End strong.

There will also be time for questions. This is a chance for you to help others with their presentations, so please--ask questions, make comments about things you didn't understand, etc. I will do the same.

You should dress professionally during the presentations. If you want to use printed notes, use the podium to rest them on. If you want to bring in your own laptop to use, try it out earlier to make sure there aren't any problems. Don’t try to read your notes from your computer but use the classroom computer to show your slides. That rarely turns out well.

Your grade is based on:

· Your proposal idea

· How well you explain it and how well you can answer questions

· Your presentation style

· Your powerpoint slides (do they have about the right amount of information on them, are there any errors, etc.--review notes from readings on presentations. If you don't have them anymore, you can check this year's online.)

· Timing