(PLEASE TYPE THEANSWERS)(STATISTICS 500)
instructions : describe a research study in your area of study
Introduction: Description of the study including thepurpose and importance of the research question being asked. Whatis your null hypothesis? What is your research or alternativehypothesis? Your introduction should include at least tworesources. These resources MUST be from peer-reviewed journals. Youmust use other resources and correctly cite (such as our text) whendescribing statistical concepts.
Participants/SamplingMethod: Describe the sample collected for the study, as well as thesampling method. How were your participants selected? Who is yourpopulation of interest? If you did a survey, how many will yousurvey to ensure your target sample size? How did you come up withthat number? What do you expect your response rate to be? What wasyour sample size? How representative is the sample of thepopulation under study?
Procedures: How werethe data collected? Was a survey or questionnaire used to collectdata? What are the independent and dependent variables? How are thevariables defined and measured? Are the variables nominal, ordinal,interval, or ratio measurement scales? Are the data collected in away that avoids bias? What is your selected alpha level?
Data Analysis: Whatstatistical test was used to analyze the data? Describe thestatistical test. What are the requirements? Did you meet thoserequirements? Describe why your selected method was appropriate toanswer your research question. Make up a test statistic value.Given that value, do you reject or fail to reject the nullhypothesis? Is your p < .05 or p > .05 (assuming alpha =.05)?
Results &Discussion: Did your analysis answer your research question?Explain. What are the practical implications of your results?
