Up to a writer

Instructions

Assignment overview:Individually, students will design a short quantitative research study on a topic of their own choice. For this assignment students are required to select a relevant sampling technique, design a questionnaire, formulate hypothesis and choose an appropriate statistical test. Students will prepare a report of 1600 words (10%), presenting the design of their research and analysis.Overall aim:The assignment allows students to develop questionnaire design skills and to critically evaluate the usefulness of various sampling techniques and statistical hypothesis tests.      Course Title:Research Methods            AssignmentNameReport    Hand-out date:Week 33        Hand-in date:Assessment week (as per assessment map)        Grade Distribution %100% Individual        Hand-in Place:TII (electronic copy) through Moodle  Learning Outcomes and Transferable SkillsLO4 Design a systematic process to interpret data using statistical proceduresTS1: Communication TS4: Numeracy skillsResources Available:Statistics and Research Methods books (available through the library database), handouts and revision activities from lectures.Tasks, Organization and Grading:Tasks: Learning Descriptor:2  Knowledge and Understanding Transferable Skills    1. INTRODUCTIONStudents should briefly outline their research topic. References to the academic sources should be provided.  Knowledge and Understanding Cognitive skills Transferable Skills    2. POPULATION AND SAMPLING PROCEDUREStudents should first describe population of their study and then they should identify and explain what sampling method(s) are being used for their research.  Knowledge and Understanding Cognitive skills Transferable Skills  3. DATA COLLECTING TECHNIQUEStudents should design 5 questionnaire questions/statements. For each question/statement students should explain:o whyithasbeenchosen(whythisvariableisneededfortheir research); how it is linked to their research topic.o otherimportantdetails:typeofquestionchosen(open, dichotomous, category, etc.), type of Likert scale selected, list of answers provided, etc.  Knowledge and Understanding Cognitive skills Transferable Skills  4. HYPOTHESIS TESTINGStudents should formulate a null and an alternate hypothesis to be tested in their research. They should also explain what data are needed to test their hypothesis (which questionnaire question(s)/statements(s) should be used here?), and which statistical test (Chi-square or Spearman rank correlation) they would use to test their hypothesis. Any important details about the hypothesis testing procedure should also be provided here (e.g. what level of significance would you choose?; how would you identify the critical value for your test?; etc.)  Knowledge and Understanding Transferable Skills  5. REFERENCE LISTYour reference list should be provided at the end of your paper. All references must be as per APA requirements.    I. Introduction (approximately 350 words)II. Population and Sampling procedure (approximately 250 words)III. Data Collecting Technique (approximately 700 words)IV. Hypothesis Testing (approximately 300 words)Reference list      Level 6 Grading RubricLearning Fail Fail Fail PassDescriptors 0-19% 20-39% 40-49% 50-69%Very Good 70-79%Excellent 80-100%       

Answer