Complete the following worksheet to 1) practice
identifying appropriate statistical analyses and interpretations of different
statistical analyses and 2) select the statistical analyses you will be
conducting to answer your three research questions.
Part
1: Research questions, analyses, and interpretations
For this part of the assignment, you will be provided
information in one column. I will provide either the research question, the
appropriate analysis, or an interpretation. Your job is to fill in the blanks
for each problem. Of course, we don’t have specific data, so just do your best
to provide one possible interpretation. If you are provided an analysis, come
up with your own research question and possible interpretation.
Research
question
Appropriate
Analysis (correlation, t-test, or one-way ANOVA)
Possible
Interpretation
What is the relationship between age and
memory?
Are dog owners more extraverted than cat
owners?
Do freshman, sophomores, juniors, or
seniors spend more time studying?
People who meditate experience less test
anxiety than people who do not meditate.
Similarity between romantic partners
increases the longer they are in a relationship.
People report being hungrier when
standing in rooms that are painted yellow than in rooms that are painted
green, blue, or red.
T-Test
One-way ANOVA
Correlation
Part
2: Analysis Proposal
For this part of the assignment, you will refer to the
three original research questions you proposed for your study in Activity 2.
Restate your research questions, identify the analyses you will need to conduct
to answer that research question, and list all of the necessary values you will
need for your results section. See a key below for what you will need for each
analysis.
Question
Examine
relationship between two continuous variables
Compare
differences between TWO INDEPENDENT groups
Compare differences
between THREE OR MORE INDEPENDENT groups
Analysis
Correlation
Independent
Samples t-test
One-way ANOVA
What values you
need to report
· Mean and standard
deviation for each variable
· Correlation
coefficient (r)
· Degrees of
freedom
· p value
· Mean and standard
deviation for each variable
· t value
· Degrees of
freedom
· p value
· Mean and standard
deviation for each variable
· F value
· Degrees of
freedom
· p value
QUESTION #1:
· State your research question #1:
· List
the variables you will use in your analysis:
· List
all the items for each variable. If your variable was measured using a
single item (i.e., behavior or demographic) include the single item. If your
variable was measured using multiple items, make sure to list them all.
Item(s) for
variable #1
Item(s) from
variable #2
· Types
of analysis to answer research question #1:
· List
all the values you need in order to write your results for this analysis (e.g.,
M, SD, r, t, F, p).
QUESTION #2:
· State your research question #2:
· List
the variables you will use in your analysis:
· List
all the items for each variable. If your variable was measured using a
single item (i.e., behavior or demographic) include the single item. If your
variable was measured using multiple items, make sure to list them all.
Item(s) for
variable #1
Item(s) from
variable #2
· Types
of analysis to answer research question #2:
· List
all the values you need in order to write your results for this analysis (e.g.,
M, SD, r, t, F, p).
QUESTION #3:
· State your research question #3:
· List
the variables you will use in your analysis:
· List
all the items for each variable. If your variable was measured using a
single item (i.e., behavior or demographic) include the single item. If your
variable was measured using multiple items, make sure to list them all.
Item(s) for
variable #1
Item(s) from
variable #2
· Types
of analysis to answer research question #3:
· List
all the values you need in order to write your results for this analysis (e.g.,
M, SD, r, t, F, p).
