THIS REPORT WILL BE DENTAL RELATED!!!!!!!
IF PLAGIARISM IS MORE THAN 20% I WILL NOT PAY If you need an example let me know
You are creating your own report with false data.. NO more than two direct quotes. Teacher will use TURNitin.com
Description
Studentswill writeareport(APAformat)describing aresearch study they designintheirarea ofstudy.This report will includetheintroduction, participants/samplingmethod, procedures,data analysis(usingone ofthe statistical testscoveredinthis class),andresults/conclusions.Thisshouldbe your own researchstudythatyoudesign.This isnotanevaluationof publishedresearch.
NOTE:You are NOT required tocollectdataorruntheanalysis. Basedonyour understanding ofyourresearch question, make-upnumbers that wouldbe appropriatefor your study.Thesenumbers shouldmakesenseinthecontextof your research, however.
Requirements:
Report– maximum offive pages, double-space.Besuretoincludea cover page,abstractandreferencelist (these3pages do notcountas threeof thefivepages).Youmustuse APAforthereport. For an example,see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/18/.Irecommendthatyouhave nomorethan two directquotes inyour paper. Youmustsubmit yourprojectto Turnitin(see page2).
Componentsof theReport:
Introduction: Descriptionofthestudyincludingthepurposeand importance oftheresearch questionbeingasked.Whatis your nullhypothesis? Whatis your researchor alternative hypothesis?Your introductionshouldinclude atleasttworesources. TheseresourcesMUST befrom peer-reviewedjournals. Youmust use other resourcesandcorrectlycite(suchas our text) when describingstatistical concepts.
Participants/Sampling Method:Describethesamplecollectedfor the study, as wellas thesamplingmethod.How wereyour participantsselected? Whois your population ofinterest? Ifyoudidasurvey,howmanywillyousurvey toensureyour targetsamplesize?Howdidyoucomeupwith that number?
What doyouexpectyour responseratetobe?Whatwas your samplesize? Howrepresentativeis thesampleofthepopulationunder study?
Procedures:How werethedatacollected?Was asurveyor questionnaire usedtocollectdata?Whataretheindependentand dependentvariables?How are thevariablesdefinedandmeasured?Arethevariablesnominal,ordinal,
interval, or ratiomeasurementscales?Are the datacollectedinawaythat avoids bias?Whatis your selectedalphalevel?
DataAnalysis:Whatstatistical testwas usedtoanalyze the data? Describe thestatisticaltest.Whatare therequirements?Did youmeetthose requirements?Describewhy your selected methodwas appropriatetoanswer
your research question.Makeupateststatistic value.Given thatvalue,doyou reject orfailtorejectthe nullhypothesis?Is your p< .05or p> .05(assuming alpha= .05)?
Results & Discussion:Didyour analysis answer your research question? Explain.Whatare thepractical implicationsofyour results?
References:Allreferences shouldbeincludedin APAformat.
