This research paper should be structured like a research paper, and include:
1. What is the problem? (Theoretical debate)
2. Is it significant? (An argument about its importance)
3. What have others done about it? (Brief literature review)
4. What is your approach?
5. What did you do explicitly? (How did you operationalize variables? How did you analyze your data?)
6. What are the findings?
7. Discussion/(significance and limitations of this study)?
Unlike a traditional research paper, answers to the first three questions should be brief, and most of the writing should focus on the analysis and the research claims based on that analysis. Additionally, your paper should show evidence that you
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Final Analysis Proposal
As your final project proposal, you will need to submit a short paper (proposal) including:
This paper should be short, 1 page
1. A brief description of your data: what is it? Why was it collected?
2. A very brief description of the kind of question(s) you would like to answer with it
3. For each potential statistical technique,
a. Describe the technique: what is it?
b. Why might it help you answer your question? Why is it appropriate?
c. What are some issues with the technique that will limit your ability to make strong claims about your answers?
d. What are some issues with the data that limit this technique’s ability to help you make strong claims?
4. Which technique will you start with in trying to answer your question? And WHY?
FINAL PROJECT GUIDELINE
The final project for this class will be to do analysis on real-world data to answer your research questions. You can choose any topic you want (using statistical analyses that have been covered in this course)
1. Identifying research questions that can be answered using your chosen dataset and some form of statistical analysis
2. Identify which statistical analysis techniques can best help you make claims about your research questions
3. Conducting and interpreting that statistical analysis
4. Making a coherent research argument with strong claims based on this analysis
5. Communicating this argument and the results of this analysis in both written and oral formats
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esearc
h
Q
1
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Is there an
y difference in students mathematics mean score between
female and male students in OECD countries?
(t
-
test)
2
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Is there any relationship between parents occupation status and
students mathematics mean scores in OECD countries?
(correlational
analysis)
T
his research paper should be structured like a research paper, and include:
1.
What is the problem? (Theoretical debate)
2.
Is it significant? (An argument about its importance)
3.
What have others d
one about it? (Brief literature review)
4.
What is your approach?
5.
What did you do explicitly? (How did you operationalize variables? How did you analyze your
data?)
6.
What are the findings?
7.
Discussion/(significance and limitations of this study)?
U
nlike a traditional research paper, answers to the first three questions should be brief, and most of the
writing should focus on the analysis and the research claims based on that analysis. Additionally, your
paper should show evidence that you
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Final Analysis Proposal
As your final project proposal, you will need to submit a short paper (proposal) including:
This paper should be short, 1
page
1.
A brief description of your data: what is it? Why was it collected?
2.
A very brief description of the kind of question(s) you would like to answer with it
3.
For each potential statistical technique,
a.
Describe the technique: what is it?
b.
Why might
it help you answer your question? Why is it appropriate?
- Research Q
1- Is there any difference in students mathematics mean score between
female and male students in OECD countries? (t-test)
2- Is there any relationship between parents occupation status and
students mathematics mean scores in OECD countries? (correlational analysis)
This research paper should be structured like a research paper, and include:
1. What is the problem? (Theoretical debate)
2. Is it significant? (An argument about its importance)
3. What have others done about it? (Brief literature review)
4. What is your approach?
5. What did you do explicitly? (How did you operationalize variables? How did you analyze your
data?)
6. What are the findings?
7. Discussion/(significance and limitations of this study)?
Unlike a traditional research paper, answers to the first three questions should be brief, and most of the
writing should focus on the analysis and the research claims based on that analysis. Additionally, your
paper should show evidence that you
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Final Analysis Proposal
As your final project proposal, you will need to submit a short paper (proposal) including:
This paper should be short, 1 page
1. A brief description of your data: what is it? Why was it collected?
2. A very brief description of the kind of question(s) you would like to answer with it
3. For each potential statistical technique,
a. Describe the technique: what is it?
b. Why might it help you answer your question? Why is it appropriate?