Use this sample quantitative research question to answer 1-3: What is the effect of middle school students’ time spent on social media on academic self-concept?
1. Identify the independent variable(s).
2.Identify the dependent variable(s).
3. State both the null hypothesis and research hypothesis.
4. How important are operational definitions in a quantitative study? What issues could result in a study lacking clear operational definition of some/all key terms?
5. What do standard scores tell us? Compare and contrast z-scores and t-scores.
