OUTLINE OF A PROJECT WORK IN PSYCHOLOGY

The exact outline regarding how to write a project work in psychology has been
summarised in the following section-

1. General problem and specific problem: This part denotes what is the goal
or aim of the study/project/experiment. It clearly or distinctly describes what the
work wants to do. For example, the aim of the statistics project can be 'to
compare the performance of 2 sections in Science of class X in a particular
ICSE school

2. Basic concept: Student must study thoroughly the concept concerning the
problem. This part must show other relevant theories, concepts and other studies
in the concerned field which express student's depth of knowledge in this area.
3. Method: This is the major portion of practical work which comprises of the
following sub steps-

a. Sample of the study: In all types of studies in the field of psychology a well
specified group of people is necessary as representative or sample group from
whom data are collected to carry out the study. This group usually represent the
whole population according to some criteria like particular age, profession,
gender, etc. Population may be teachers of school or colleges, police officers,
army personnel, shopkeepers, football players, etc, upon which the study is
executed. On basis of certain criteria, a number of persons from the population
are to be selected as sample group. Their details also need to be elaborated
under the sub-heading 'Preliminaries'.

b. Procedure of data collection: After determining the sample group, the next
step is to collect data on the concerned study. Data may be collected by various
methods. These may be observation, interview, using questionnaire, using
mechanical device, projective techniques, content analysis, etc. The data, just
collected from the sample group for the first time, is called Primary or Raw
data. Materials that are required to carry out the study are also mentioned.

c. Statistical treatment of data: The statistical treatment of data requires

various closely related operations, such as-tabulation of the data in a frequency
distribution table, using various statistical techniques like mean. standard
deviation, z-score. The student is free to carry out qualitative analysis of the
results using bar diagrams, pie charts, histograms, etc.
4. Result and interpretation: The result of the study are generally summarised.
It involves providing a proper interpretation and inference describing the
relationships among the variables under study.

5. Conclusion: The conclusion of a study is to mention the outcome or the basic

finding of the study without any personal bias or prejudice and guided by the
rules of logical reasoning.