Instructions
NOTE: The data set is attached along with rubic. Please provide the SPSS output along with the steps you performed to run the statistics. Please let me know if additional funds are needed for the SPSS output and steps to runs the tests.
Using the RES2700 Quantitative Paper dataset, you will be choosing a research question, determining appropriate statistical analyses to answer a research question or questions of your own choosing, and writing a paper in the manner of a quantitative research study.
The paper will be composed of 4 sections plus an Appendix:
An introduction and abbreviated literature review focused on your specific research question and assertion of the research question, hypotheses, and predicted outcomes
Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis with analysis of assumptions of the statistical procedures
Interpretation of results
Formulation of conclusions/discussion including your explanation of results that did not confirm your hypothesis.
Appendix
The data you are to use for your Quantitative Analysis paper will be given to you. The data will be described with variable names and the level of measurement of each variable. Please remember that what we have studied as ‘interval’ and ‘ratio’ levels of measurement in class are combined in SPSS under the term ‘scale’. You will use your own judgment in choosing which variables to analyze and what statistical procedures you think are appropriate in order to answer the research question/hypotheses that you have formulated.
Clearly state your research question, the hypothesis you are testing, and your predicted outcome in Section (1)
Formatting for all components should be in APA 7 style.
First, review the data file (RES2700 Key Assignment F’21 Dataset.savLinks to an external site.) and the description of the variables (RES2700 Key Assignment F’21 Dataset Codebook.docxLinks to an external site.). Choose an appropriate research question based on two more variables. Note, your research question(s) must be answered by at least 2 higher-order analyses beyond descriptive statistics (i.e. correlation, regression, or multiple group comparisons).
Your paper will be formatted as follows:
Introduction/Literature Review: Once you have chosen a research question/hypothesis, perform a brief literature review with at least 12 published references from the literature supporting the logical basis for this research inquiry. This is an abbreviated literature review but should have enough information to support the purpose and significance of the study and justify your selection of variables to be analyzed. Include a paragraph at the end of the review that describes the specific variables that will be examined, the statistical test(s) that will be performed, and the research question(s)/hypothesi(e)s to be addressed, and your expected outcome(s) of the analysis.
Results Section: The results section will include:
Descriptive Results: Demographic and descriptive data that will elucidate the nature of the sample used. Within this section, you should analyze for outliers, construct appropriate APA data tables and representative graphs/charts and then qualitatively describe said data. Choose a minimum of two variables for this section. As a rule of thumb, all variables that are described should be analyzed and all variables to be analyzed should be described.
Inferential Statistical Results: Written in APA format. These are the results from your research question (correlation, regression, t-test. etc…). This should be written in APA 7 style. Do not simply cut and paste your SPSS output file in the body of your paper. (See the note Appendix section below).
Interpretation of Results: You will write up the qualitative description based on the obtained data from your analysis. This will include describing the assumptions that you tested associated with each appropriate statistical method, describing the statistical results, and narratively summarizing the findings with conclusions and discussion of limitations/future directions.
Conclusions/Discussion: What do the results mean? Are hypotheses confirmed or not? If not, what changes (hypotheses, methods, variables) are needed to continue the research? What is the significance of the findings? What are future directions for this research?
Appendix: Attach your SPSS output file for the results from #3. Please do not include output from SPSS procedures that are not discussed in the paper; however, it is understood that some of the individual SPSS output tables from procedures that are discussed will have more details in them than you need to include in the body of the paper.