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Assignment: Research Guidelines
Complete the following assignment by filling in all pertinent areas of research. You will need to utilize SPSS for this assignment. You may complete this assignment using the variables and topic which you have chosen for your Final Portfolio Project. You will then be able to follow this as a guide as well as a check-point with your instructor. It is essential that you read through all of the feedback regardless of your score. You will be required to submit an SPSS output file with this assignment for credit. However, you must copy and paste all relevant output data into this document for credit. Throughout the assignment you will see places where your tables, charts, and graphs can be placed.
You may need to go back through the document to address formatting issues that may shift as you begin to input your data. Points will be deducted for sloppiness. Please treat this as a professional outline used for a proposal. Use a different, but legible, color font for your responses.
(A) My Purpose
To see what [enter sample information] ________________ think about [enter your topic] ________________.
(B) All About My Sample
1. Who are the participants:
2. Who is funding the research?
3. When was my data collected?
4. How was my data collected?
5. Who do my participants represent? Who is the population?
(C) Variables
IV Question (as asked to the respondent verbatim)-
Answer categories:
DV Question (as asked to the respondent verbatim)-
Answer categories:
IV Code: ________________ Level of Measurement: ________________
DV Code: ________________ Level of Measurement: ________________
(D) Graphs and Charts
Run the appropriate graphs/charts for each of your variables listed above. Summarize your findings briefly in a paragraph or two. Be sure to include a title on each of your charts and other pertinent labels you feel are required.
[Paste graphs/charts here]
(E) Frequency Tables
Run frequencies for each variable listed above. Summarize your findings in a paragraph or two below. Be sure to copy your tables over into this document.
[Copy Frequency Tables here]
(F) Choose two of the following techniques:
• Running measures of central tendency and dispersion
• Recoding
• Index construction
Then use the techniques you chose to investigate the issue/topic you are considering in more depth. Summarize your findings and copy/paste all relevant output data here in this file.
(G) Crosstabulation Table
Outline a research hypothesis regarding your variables. List below:
Hypothesis:
Create a crosstabulation table with the variables that you have chosen. Be sure that you have all percentages that you need to properly present a detailed overview of your bivariate analysis.
Your DV, ________________, will go into the ROW.
Your IV, ________________, will go into the COLUMN.
[Paste crosstabulation table here]
Present your findings here in a paragraph or two. As part of it, address whether your hypothesis is correct. Compute the epsilon and explain.
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