How you will be graded - Rubric

Method Section

Criteria	Fail	3rd	2:2	2:1	1st
Design Section Study Design IVs and DVs specified	Missing or wholly incorrect	Limited evidence of understanding	Basic competency, but lacking detail	A good level of understanding is evidence	Thorough understanding shown, clear, concise, accurate
Materials Evidence of database use; Stimulus parameters defined; Appropriate stimuli used; Trial visualisation or description	Missing or incorrect Missing trial level information	Sparse knowledge of database use and setting appropriate parameters for stimuli Missing or weak trial level information	Clear attempts made to use the databases and set sensible parameters Attempts at providing trial level information Some minor errors	Competent use of databases and parameters for stimuli Good trial level detail	Thorough understanding of database use, accurate, well-reported and possible to replicate Excellent level of detail
Procedure Accurate description of procedure; Concise; Could be replicated	Missing or incorrect Unable to replicate	Limited grasp of concepts and content of a procedure section Poorly written Unable to replicate	Competent procedure section, lacking in some important detail Lacking clarity or poorly organised making replication difficult	A good level of understanding is evident Replication probable	Thorough understanding of the procedure section shown Well written, clear and concise Replication possible
Referencing In-text citations used and in APA style. Reference section formatted correctly in APA style	Missing or wholly incorrect	Limited grasp of referencing evident; Incorrect or poor sources	Clear attempts at referencing, several style errors, possible source errors	Very good standard of referencing, appropriate sources minor style errors	Excellent referencing, appropriate sources, limited or no style errors

PsychoPy Program

Criteria	Fail	3rd	2:2	2:1	1st
Flow Level Lexical Decision Task Flow should contain Prac Instructions, Prac Block (Loop), Trial Instructions, Trial Block (Loop) Debrief	Flow is not appropriate for the experiment or is missing	Flow exists but is poorly conceptualised (incorrect order of routines for example) and does not fulfil at least half of the basic task requirements in any of the elements outlined in the criteria	Conceptualisation of the flow is of a competent standard. There may be poor naming conventions, some minor errors in flow	Conceptualisation of the flow is of a good standard. There may be minimal errors. Good attempts made at navimg conventions	Conceptualisation of the experiment is of an outstanding standard There are no errors in the flow order, excellent naming conventions shown, all criteria fulfilled.
Trial Level (including practice trials) Trial Level at a minimum should contain should contain Fixation routine positioned correctly Word pair routine positioned correctly with Keyboard Response (collecting data) (Feedback routine on Prac Trials) Blank Screen	Content at the Trials level is incorrect or missing Trials are very poorly conceptualised and do not fulfil the task requirements in most of the elements outlined	Trial is poorly conceptualised but does fulfil the basic task requirements in most of elements outlined. (e.g. routines and componentss exists, but there may be inappropriate stimulus use, does not collect data, incorrect positioning and poor referencing of conds files, feedback absent)	Conceptualisation of the trial is of a satisfactory standard . There may be several errors in aspects such as stimulus duration/ response errors/ positioning of stimuli, minor errors in feedback code	Conceptualisation of the trial is of a very good standard . There are very few errors in aspects such as stimulus duration/response errors/ positioning of stimuli	Conceptualisation of the trial is of an outstanding standard . There are no errors, excellent naming conventions, all component details are correct and the task runs correct number of pracr and trials, and collects required data