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| Write a Hypothesis | Write a clear testable statement that predicts a difference in the experiment. |
| Create a Research Question | Decide on a clear aim for the experiment. |
| Operationalise | Specify how you will manipulate the variables in the experiment that you will measure the effect of. |
| Design your experiment | Everything that you are going to do in the experiment needs to be carefully considered and planned. |
| Select Participants | Decide who you are going to use in your experiment; the way that they will be selected from the general population and allocated to conditions. |
| Ethics Need to be Considered | The experiment must be carried out in a way that ensures that no-one experiences any kind of emotional or physical harm during the experiment or as a result of the experiment. |
| Pilot the Experiment | A test run of the experiment is recommended to highlight any problems not anticipated in the design. |
| Conduct the Experiment | The participants will be invited and the experiment carried out in accordance to the design. |
| Collect & Analyse Data | The results need to be carefully recorded and statistical tests carried out. |
