- exactly how the variables will be manipulated,regulated,and measured.
- exactly how many individuals will be involved.
- exactly how the individual participants or subjects will proceed through the course of the study.
The procedure contains the final decisions about all choices still open after the general design is determined. The task of defining and measuring variables is study are discussed in Chapter 5. For each completed study, a description of the research procedure is typically presented in the method section of the research report, which is discussed briefly in Table 2.2(p.61)and in Chapter 16.