Sample A: Cover Page of Thesis, Project, or Dissertation Proposal

Following Denham and Burton (1996), the mean score for the book reading log
item How skillfully do you think you discussed emotions with children during the
storybook reading? across approximately 72 storybook readings was 3.78 (SD = .64,
range = 3-5, n = 27). Additionally, the mean length of the three audiotaped storybook
readings collected during the implementation of the intervention was 10.22 minutes (SD
= 5.43, range = 2.85-25.49, n = 22). Mean scores for the log item and total numbers of
storybook readings conducted by teachers were weakly positively correlated (r = .18, ns),
thus indicating that each variable provided a distinct measure of intervention
implementation for analysis purposes.
Children
Age and experimental group assignment. In order to detect statistically significant
age differences between children in classrooms assigned to the intervention and book
reading control groups, an independent samples t-test was conducted. Experimental group
assignment (intervention group assignment and book reading control group assignment)
was included as the grouping variable; and age was included as the dependent variable.
Results revealed no statistically significant differences in age between the intervention
and book reading control groups (t = .40, ns); thus, analyses assessing intervention
efficacy did not control for age.
Gender and experimental group assignment. In order to detect statistically
significant gender differences between children in classrooms assigned to the intervention
and book reading control groups, a two-way chi square test was conducted including
experimental group assignment (two levels: intervention group assignment or book
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