Each student will post a project proposal to Canvas as a word document. In your proposal, answer the following questions:
What is your research question? What is your population and your variables? Why are you interested in this question?
How will you collect your data? State your method of sampling using terms discussed in class.
What bias or confounding variables might limit your study?
How will you display your data? State the type of graph you will use.
What type of analysis will you perform? Examples:
Are you determining if two variables are related? (Test of Association hypothesis test)
Are you comparing counts for different categories? (Goodness of Fit hypothesis test)
Are you comparing the means of two sets of data? (Two sample hypothesis test for means)
Are you comparing proportions for two sets of data? (Two sample hypothesis test for proportions)
For grading expectations please view the rubric.
I HAVE NOT CHOSEN A TOPIC YET BUT PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CHOOSE ONE THAT IS NOT ON THIS LIST AND ALIGNS WITH THE ASSIGNMENT.:
The Structured External Assignment promotes understanding of the course material. Collecting, organizing, and analyzing data using statistical methods is the cornerstone of this course.
There are four milestones for this project: topic selection, proposal, data collection, and final draft. The rough draft and the final draft are polished, written reports in APA format. Since each milestone is used to complete remaining components, each one must be completed prior to moving on with the project.
Each student will select a unique question that they would like to answer. Each question will be answered by collecting, organizing and analyzing data using methods learned in this class. Specifically, each student is required to analyze data using a hypothesis test. Each student must have a unique topic. Students who are repeating the course must select a new topic. The following list is meant to stimulate ideas: these topics may not be used by students.
Sample ideas:
Are gender and political party related? (Test of Association hypothesis test)
Does the number of customers waiting in line vary each day of the week? (Goodness of Fit hypothesis test)
Does a specific method of learning improve grades? (Two sample hypothesis test for means)
Does summer training reduce the rate of fall sports injuries? (Two sample hypothesis test for proportions)
