1. Methods Chapter Format Sources of Data Measurements
Descriptive Statistics
Inferential Statistics**
**Will be added for last section of the project

2. Sources of Data Who are your subjects? Why were they selected?
How many will be surveyed?
How will your subjects be selected?
Briefly describe the survey instrument and data collection process

3. Sampling Methods Probability Sampling Non-probability Sample
Simple Random Sample
Stratified Random Sampling
Cluster Sampling
Non-probability Sample
Quota Sample
Chunk Sample
Convenience Sample

4. Measurements How will you collect the data?
How was the survey developed?
Validity and reliability issues?

5. Descriptive Statistics
Format of the variables
1 survey item = 1 variable
Formats
Ratio
Interval
Ordinal
Nominal

6. Statistics and Data Formats
Descriptive stats (and inferential) are tied to the data format

7. Descriptive Statistics
Variable Format
Typical Descriptive Stats
Categorical
Frequencies, percentages, mode
Ordinal
Frequencies, percentages, median, mode, range (Controversy over using averages)
Ratio
Frequencies, pecentages, averages, median, mode, range
Interval

8. Example Survey Item Categorical variable Descriptive stats available
What is your gender?
Categorical variable
Descriptive stats available
Frequencies
Percentages
The researcher will be collecting data on the gender of the respondents. Frequencies and percentages will be used to describe the respondents’ gender.

9. Results Chapter
Provide the results in the order presented in the Methods Chapter

10. Results Chapter Sources of Data
Describe how the sampling and data collection process occurred
What was your response rate? (Critical information in a study)
Is the response rate acceptable?

11. Results Chapter Measurements
Address any issues related to validity and reliability
Any issues with the survey methods?

12. Results Chapter Descriptive Statistics
Typically, results are in table format
Provide a sentence or two before the table the table describing what was done and the results
Example: The researcher collected data describing the gender of the respondents. The majority of the respondents in the study were males (See Table 1).

13. Tables
Follow APA on table formatting, titles, etc.

14. Example Table
Table 1 Frequency and Percentage of Respondents by Gender
Gender N
Percent
Male 30 60
Female 20 40
Total 50
100

15. Testing Your Research Hypotheses
To test your hypotheses looking at the relationship between two variables, you will be using correlation procedures.
The correlation procedures you use will be based upon the formats of your dependent and independent variables.
This will be covered in upcoming classes.