1. Analyzing Data (e.g., that part of “analyzing data” that is relevant to Research Design)

2. Overview of the Research Process

3. Overview of Statistical Process Pre-Production Enter Data Data Screening Production Evaluate the Sample Evaluate the Materials Evaluate the Procedures -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analyze Research Hypothesis Analyze alternatives, if they exist Post-Production Interpret the Results

4. Relationship between Research Design & Statistics (1) You plan statistical analysis based upon your chosen research design (2) Only combined do you answer research questions Purpose of research is to answer research questions Statistics gives you answer about the data (not research questions) Research Design tells you if data validly pertain to research questions (3) Statistical results tell you if problems exist, but research design tells you what those problems are (4) Statistical results tell you if new hypotheses exist, and research design tells you the validity of the hypotheses and/or how to conduct new studies to test the hypotheses

5. Advanced Source The Spring Statistics class Textbook for the course: Discovering Statistics Using SPSS