Journal Article Assignment
For this Journal Article Assignment, you will identify a published research article either in the print literature or online. Your article must be based on empirical (data-based) research; qualitative or purely descriptive research is not appropriate. Select a journal article in your career specialization that reports either a correlation, a t test, or a one-way ANOVA (or some combination of these test statistics). The library guides listed in the Resources area can help you to locate appropriate articles.
The intent of this Journal Article Assignment is to:
• Expose you to professional literature in your discipline.
• Provide practice in the interpretation of statistical results contained in an empirical (data-based) journal article.
• Provide practice in writing and thinking in a concise and economical manner that is typical of scientific discourse.
Summarize the article in a maximum of 600 words using the DAA Template document located in the Resources area. Specific instructions for completing each section of the DAA Template are listed below.Data Analysis and Application (DAA) Template
Use this file for all assignments that require the DAA Template. Although the statistical tests will change from week to week, the basic organization and structure of the DAA remains the same. Update the title of the DAA. Remove this text and provide a brief introduction.
Data File Description
1. Describe the context of the data set. You may cite your previous description if the same data set is used from a previous assignment.
2. Specify the variables used in this DAA and the scale of measurement of each variable.
3. Specify sample size (N).
Testing Assumptions
1. Articulate the assumptions of the statistical test.
2. Paste SPSS output that tests those assumptions and interpret them. Properly embed SPSS output where appropriate. Do not string all output together at the beginning of the section.
3. Summarize whether or not the assumptions are met. If assumptions are not met, discuss how to ameliorate violations of the assumptions.
Research Question, Hypotheses, and Alpha Level
1. Articulate a research question relevant to the statistical test.
2. Articulate the null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis.
3. Specify the alpha level.
Interpretation
1. Paste SPSS output for an inferential statistic and report it. Properly embed SPSS output where appropriate. Do not string all output together at the beginning of the section.
2. Interpret statistical results against the null hypothesis.