Whats Your Statistical Research Strategy Worksheet

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What’s Your (Statistical) Research Strategy? Part One: Formulating a Statistical Research Question Instructions: Please answer each of the following questions below. You can find example responses to these questions in the boxes to the right. Use these examples to help guide your research question. What topic would you like to research in your prospective career field? What would be the explanatory and dependent variables in your study? Use the first two parts to formulate a research question for your study. How would you conduct your study? What sampling techniques would you use? What statistical techniques could be used to analyze the data from this study? Part Two: Formulating a Statistical Research Question What are your key words? These are the main ideas from your research question. What are some synonyms for your key words? These are words that are related to or mean the same thing as your key words. In which library database will I search? Use your keywords and synonyms to find two sources that will help you answer your research question. Record them here. Use the template below, or do your best to create APA style citations for the two sources. You’ll need to create a reference list for them next week. Source One: Author: Title of Article: Name of Journal: Publication Year: Volume Number: Issue Number: Page Numbers: Source Two: Author: Title of Article: Name of Journal: Publication Year: Volume Number: Issue Number: Page Numbers: Make sure you’ll be able to find these articles again. It’s a good idea to save them to your computer or copy their permalinks so you can access them later. From example: https://nl.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=127636917&site=ehost-live&scope=site Paste Permalink for Article 1: Paste Permalink for Article 2: Did the article present the statistics in a credible way? Was the evidence used qualitative or quantitative? If...