Assignment 4: Data Analysis and Reporting Procedures

Assignment 4: Data Analysis and Reporting Procedures

Discuss the data analysis and reporting procedures in a 3-5 page report. Include a discussion of your data management plan (e.g., how you will code the data, review for missing data, validate the accuracy of the data entry, and clean the data; note the analysis plan will be discussed in the next section) and list your survey objectives. Then draft your analysis plan. For each survey objective, (a) identify the type of objective (i.e., descriptive, comparative, relationship); (b) For descriptive objectives, (i) identify the variable of interest and (ii) the type of data (i.e., level of measurement) for the variable of interest. For comparative and relationship questions, (i) identify the number of independent variables (IVs) and type of data (i.e., level of measurement) for each IV, and (ii) the number of dependent variables (DVs) and type of data (i.e., level of measurement) for each DV. Then, (c) identify the appropriate method of analysis for each objective (regardless of what type). Using one of your survey objectives, run the appropriate analysis using your pilot study data and include a brief write up of you findings. Include one table summarizing your results and one chart illustrating your results in your write up.

Make sure your proposal is written in correct APA style and format.

Assignment 4: Grading Rubric

Characteristic Assessed
Good Fair Poor Inadequate

1 Discussion of data management plan 3 2 1 0
2 Identification of objective type and variables 3 2 1 0
3 Identification of type of data for each variable 3 2 1 0
4 Appropriate method of analysis included for each survey objective 3 2 1 0
5 Write up of findings 3 2 1 0
6 Data chart 3 2 1 0
7 Data table 3 2 1 0
8 Adhere to APA style 3 2 1 0

Total Points Earned: ____ / 24 Points Possible

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