The time has come to submit the information you have gathered for Parts 1–3 of your Final Project Worksheet. Over the last 5 weeks, you have examined the challenges of collecting and cleaning datasets, explored the power and pitfalls of assumptions in data analysis, developed quantitative research questions, and evaluated the proper research design to answer those questions.
Finalize Parts 1, 2, and 3 of your Final Project Worksheet. Incorporate any necessary changes, based on Instructor feedback.
Final Project Assignment: Final Project Worksheet, Parts 1, 2, and 3
Submit Part 1: Selecting a Dataset, Part 2: Research Questions and Design, and Part 3: Collecting and Managing Data of your Final Project Worksheet by Day 7 of this week.
LEARNING RESOURCES
Required Readings
Johnson, R. B., & Christensen, L. B. (2020). Educational research: Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed approaches (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Chapter 2, “Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research” (pp. 37–45)
Chapter 7, “Standardized Measurement and Assessment” (pp. 155–168)
Chapter 10, “Sampling in Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research”
Sample Size Table (pp. 256–257) (review)
Salkind, N. (2016). Excel Statistics: A Quick Guide (3rd ed.). SAGE Publications, Inc.
Excel Quickguide 55, “The Histogram Tool” (pp. 123–124)
Onwuegbuzie, A. J. (2003). Expanding the framework of internal and external validity in quantitative researchLinks to an external site.. Research in the Schools, 10(1), 71–90.
Onwuegbuzie, A. J., & Daniel, L. G. (2002a). A framework for reporting and interpreting internal consistency reliability estimatesLinks to an external site.. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 35(2), 89–103.
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