Showing posts with label Hypothesis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hypothesis. Show all posts

Monday, 10 March 2014

Lab Assignment 2: Methods

Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to help you design an instrument that will allow you to collect data to answer your research question. We will provide you with feedback that should help you improve your instrument, so we ask that you do not begin collecting data before receiving your feedback and grade. 

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Format
Your assignment should be no more than 1-2 double spaced pages. Please note the 1-2 pages does not include your instrument. Feel free to use more space to create a well-designed instrument. You must type all assignments and make full use of spell check/grammar check features. We will not waste time trying to interpret poor grammar. All assignments must be in APA format. We do not require cover sheets, but you must use appropriate section headings and references when appropriate.

Directions
For this assignment, you will be asked to prepare for data collection. You should plan on collecting data from 10-15 people if you are doing a survey and 3-6 people if you are doing an interview. If you plan on making observations, plan a minimum of 3 observations at least 5-10 minutes in length, but feel free to make more or longer observations as well. Just keep in mind that you will have to code your observations for emerging themes, so it is important to only collect as much information as you think you can handle.

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Your assignment must include:

• Revised research question and hypothesis
o Your paper must begin with your research question and hypothesis.
o Revise the research question and hypothesis if necessary according to your TA’s feedback.
o Please note: You are not resubmitting your entire Assignment 2. We are only asking you to revise your research question and hypothesis if necessary.

• Description of your methodological approach and design
o State whether your method is quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods.
 Be sure to demonstrate correct understanding of this approach.
o Explain why you have chosen this method.
o Indicate your chosen design (e.g., descriptive, correlational, experimental, case study, interview, focus group, ethnography).
 Be sure to demonstrate correct understanding of this design.
o Identify your independent and dependent variables.
o Explain why this design is appropriate to answering your research question.

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• Description of your sample
o Describe who will be in your sample (e.g., gender, age, race/ethnicity, profession)
o Describe where you will locate your sample.
o Describe how you will recruit people to be included. This is separate from where you will locate them.
o Explain why this sample is appropriate to answering your research question and tell us why you are interested in this specific population.

• Create Your Instrument
o Create the instrument you plan on using for your study. Do not simply describe it. Be sure that it will elicit quality data that will help you answer your research question. In addition, pay attention to how your instrument is formatted. It should be well organized and easily interpreted.
o If you are doing a survey, include the survey you will be using.
 Surveys should include 5-15 items.
o If you are doing interviews, include your interview questions.
 Interviews should include 5-10 questions.
o If you are doing observations, include an example of what your field notes will look like.
 Field notes should include a description of the location of the observation, the time of day, the number of people, and what they are doing. You must include all relevant information from the setting that you think will help address your research question. Be sure to include your thoughts about your observations.
o If you are doing an experiment, include the procedure and describe how you will measure your variables.
 Be sure to define your independent and dependent variables.
 Procedures must include step-by-step instructions for conducting the experiment.

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*Note: Do not complete this assignment using bullet points. This assignment needs to be conducted in an essay format. In addition, please attempt to keep your writing organized. Every paragraph should have a clear purpose. You may want to think of every black bullet point as its own paragraph if it helps you to keep your writing focused.

Saturday, 25 January 2014

Criminal proceedings and Rights of Foreign Prisoners

The title has to be less than 200 characters. The abstract should be no more than 1500 characters.
Abstract should include objective of the research, thesis or hypothesis, approaches to address the thesis or hypothesis, and summary of the findings or relevant results associated with the project.

Monday, 20 January 2014

: Article Critique: Research Design

Analyzing and Evaluating Research Questions and Hypotheses
Creswell points out that "[I]nvestigators place sign posts to carry the reader through a plan for a study" (p. 129). If the introduction and purpose statement tell where you want to go, the research question or questions are the routes for getting there. In this Discussion, you will work with research questions and hypotheses and examine how they relate to the purpose statement.

To prepare for this Discussion:

· Review your assigned article—either Article A or Article B, as described above.

· Review Chapter 7 of the course text, Research Design.

· Review the book excerpt "A Typology of Research Purposes and Its Relationship to Mixed Methods

· For those students assigned to the quantitative article, critique the research questions and testable hypothesis. Identify and describe the variables and describe what type of hypothesis it is according to Creswell's criteria.

· Look to the Research Questions and Hypotheses Checklist for more guidance in analyzing and evaluating the research questions and hypotheses in your assigned article.

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With these thoughts in mind:
Post a 3-paragraph evaluation of your assigned article according to the criteria below:
-For the quantitative article, the research questions and testable hypotheses. Also identify the variables and the type of hypothesis that is present.

Resources to use:

Required Resources

Course Text: Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches

Chapter 7, "Research Questions and Hypotheses"

In this chapter that will be used in the Application and Discussion, Creswell presents the research questions and hypotheses as the means by which to attain sharper focus for the research study.

Book Excerpt: "A typology of Research Purposes and Its Relationship to Mixed Methods, from the Handbook of Mixed methods in Social and Behavioral Research

Handout: Research Questions and Hypotheses Checklist (Word document)

This handout will be used in Discussion and the Application.

Handout: Article Critique Checklist (Word document)