In 250 words or less, state the main objective and rationale of the study, mention the methods used to accomplish your objectives, list the primary results, and discuss a major conclusion of the results.

What is the study about (brief explanation).  What, where, who (study population), and why is it important to study.

1.     What do we know about the topic (based on your annotated bibliography with a minimum of 4 peer reviewed references)

2.     End your research question and/or hypothesis.

1.     Where did the study occur (geographic factors) and demographic characteristics of the study areas and sample population.

2.     Define and Explain your methodology–your approach to answering the research question. Use Fink, do not assume I know anything about sampling and surveying.

3.     How was the data collected—the actual recruitment and surveying – define and discuss

1.     What did you find (present only the quantitative results, do not interpret the results)

2.     Present the results in appropriate tables and figures that have sufficient explanation so they could be stand-alone documents. These exhibits must appear in the body of the text—no appendices. Select a maximum of three to four most significant graphs)

3.     Introduce your tables and figures (See Table 1… or See Figure 1…)

4.     Discuss the quality/validity of your sample compared to the population

What do your results tell us? (In this section spend considerable effort answering your research question by explaining the results, discussing your confidence in the results, acknowledging limitations or weaknesses, comparing your results to other peer-reviewed studies, and ending by suggesting next research steps to better answer your research question or to ask a different research question.)

Explain, briefly, how the results from your study affect the social construction of generic environmental problems. That is, what can a reader learn from your study to apply to environmental communication in general?