Topic: Diabetes

The Assignment: (7-10 pages)

• Section I: Introduction (3 pages)
• Brief description of your identified public health topic
• Summary of other studies that directly relate to your identified topic
• Statement of the Problem/Research question
• Written statements for both your null and alternative/research hypothesis
• Brief description of the significance of why this issue is important for examination

• Section II: Methodology (1page)
• Brief description of the study sample
• Description of the data gathering methods for your variables of interest
• Explanation of the types of statistical analyses you conducted and why

• Section III: Results (2-4 pages)
• Description of the steps you took to conduct your statistical analyses
• Summary of your statistical findings
• Narrative description
• Tables and graphs (Be careful--too many tables and graphs decreases clarity)

• Section IV: Conclusions and Discussion (1-2 pages)
• Explanation of your major results (Be sure to answer your research question.)
• If appropriate, report on statistical significance (or not) of your results; including any relationship between your variables of interest, if any. Be specific and provide examples.
• Social change implications of your results for the population that was sampled from
• Suggestions for future research

• Appendices
• SPSS Codebook
• Syntax Code (step-by-step instructions of how to run the different analyses)

• References.