Management Question

Description

Mastery of statistics involves not only the ability to generate sound statistical data and analysis, but also the ability to critically evaluate the statistical analysis of others. This is the focus of the assignment. A critique is not a summary or a simple retelling of the major findings in a research article. It also assesses how well the researcher carries out the research process.

The article for this assignment is provided in Content, week 9. Read through this outline carefully. You will lose points if you do not follow the provided format. This is not a group project and it must be done independently. If you have any questions about what to do or need interpretation of the instructions, please post them in Ask the Professor so that all students can benefit from the information.

Organization of Your Paper

Your final report should be organized with the following sections and subsections:

• Title page
• Summary
  • Research Topic
    • What question is the researcher trying to answer?
  • Research Methodology
    • Briefly answer the who, what, where, when, and how.
  • Major Conclusions
    • Include author’s recommendations
• Critique
  • Purpose
    • Is the research problem clearly stated?
  • Literature Review
    • Is the review logically organized?
    • Is the majority of the literature of recent?
  • Hypotheses
    • What are the hypotheses?
    • Are they clearly stated?
    • Are they consistent with discussion in the literature review?
  • Ethical Standards
    • Were the participants fully informed about the nature of the research?
    • How was confidentiality guaranteed?
  • Operational Definitions
    • Are all terms, theories, and concepts used in the study clearly defined?
  • Methodology
    • Describe the instruments used to produce the data.
    • How was the validity, reliability, consistency of the instruments determined?
    • Was a pilot study undertaken?
  • Data Analysis/Results
    • What 4 statistical procedures were used? What do they do? Which hypotheses did they applied to?
    • What were the significant findings?
  • Discussion
    • Are the findings linked back to the literature review?
    • How well was each hypothesis supported?
    • Discuss the limitation of the study regarding generalizability.
    • What were the recommendations for future research?
  • Conclusion
    • Considering all of the evaluation categories, is the research well or poorly researched?
• References

Additional Writing Requirements

• Writing Mechanics
  • Word document
  • Name in the filename
  • Summary and Critique 8 pages total
  • Use section headings and subheadings
  • Check Spelling, grammar, and punctuation
  • No extra words
  • No contractions
  • No quotes, do paraphrase
  • Correct capitalization
  • No missing words – Read it again.
  • No run-on sentences
  • Avoid the use of I, we, me, us
• APA Style
  • Title page
  • Headings and subheadings
  • References and citations
  • No running head
  • All pages numbered
  • Double spaced
  • 1-inch margins, left margin aligned and right margin ragged
  • Use 12-point Times New Roman font
  • No bullets
  • Capitalize reference titles first word, first word after colon, and proper nouns.

Resources:

• APA Style
• https://www.unm.edu/~unmvclib/cascade/handouts/critiquingresearchpart1.pdf