APU SOCI332 Assignment 3 Latest 2019 February Question # 00597874 Subject: Education Due on: 02/07/2019 Posted On: 02/07/2019 05:17 AM Tutorials: 0 Rating: 4.9/5

SOCI332
Statistics for Social Science

Assignment
3

Overview

One of the most crucial components of this course is
developing a research project from conceptualizing a research problem and
developing a number of measurement and statistical analysis approaches to bring
evidence to bear on the problem.
Throughout the class, you created a research study based on publicly
available data from the General Social Survey (GSS). You chose data which were representative of
your interests and satisfied your research question and hypotheses.

This Assignment meets these course objectives:

Describe and apply the concepts and logic of elementary
statistics.

Conduct statistical analysis in SPSS (Statistical Package
for the Social Sciences).

Compare and contrast different types of data and the
statistics that can be used to analyze them

Examine the differences between descriptive and inferential
statistics and their use in the social sciences.

Form critical interpretations of quantitative research
literature in sociology and other social sciences.

Complete and interpret descriptive and inferential
statistical data analysis

Critically evaluate the quality of research design and
evidence in published social research.

Instructions

The Final Portfolio Assignment is where you pull together
the research you’ve been working on the first seven weeks of class. Using your weekly Forum posts, and the
feedback from your classmates and instructor on your posts, construct a 6-8
page paper that fully explores your research topic in a way that provides the
context and explanation surrounding the analyses provided in the paper. Your project should display you understand
what you are writing about holistically, not simply going through the motions.

Citing literature about your research topic, be sure to set
the stage for the data and analyses that you present. Briefly describe the General Social Survey as
your survey instrument. Provide the
questions, verbatim, that were asked in the survey which became the variable
which you chose to use. You will also
need to include the answer choices for each of them. This portion can be a table if you
choose. Share and explain frequency
table(s) an histograms or graphs to describe your data. Using the statistical tests you ran each week
in class (crosstabs, tests of significance, measures of association), present
the tests and your findings. Clearly
identify and explain your hypothesis and the five steps of hypothesis testing
as they apply to your paper. Explain the results of the statistical tests and
pull in some literature to provide context, demonstrating how your results and
research fit into the larger body of literature on this topic. Be sure to use proper APA formatting for
citations and references. However, you do not need to include an abstract or
table of contents. You can find guidance
in APA by clicking here to access the Purdue Online Writing Lab.

Because the project is a formal, you should include a title
page and reference page. You may organize the paper based on the following
headings:

Introduction – Introduce the topic based in current
literature (briefly – show why it is important to study). Discuss why you chose
the topic and what the purpose of the paper is. Give a brief overview of what
you will cover.

Literature Review – Review 3-4 peer-reviewed sources that
provide a background on your topic. These sources don’t have to specifically
address the relationship between your IV and DV, but should address the topic
and be somewhat related to your variables.

Methods – Briefly discuss the GSS (information you included
in Assignment 1) as your data source. Identify and describe your specific
variables, including the name, question, and responses (categories). You may
state your hypothesis here, but do not go through the hypothesis testing steps
until the next section.

Findings – Begin with a discussion of each variable
individually, utilizing your frequency tables and charts/graphs. Then discuss
your other analyses in logical order. Crosstabs are your first look at a
potential relationship. Next, discuss the steps of hypothesis testing. Include
the table of your significance test. Last, discuss the strength and direction
of the relationship using measures of association.

Discussion – Discussion what you learned from the various
analyses and draw any conclusions you found. Talk about any further research
you think may be needed on your topic.

Note:

This course has “Resubmission” status enabled to help you if
you realize you submitted an incorrect or blank file, or if you need to submit
multiple documents as part of your Assignment.
Resubmission of an Assignment after it is graded, to attempt a better
grade, is not permitted.