quiz -- answer questions about QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH throughly with APA format

Assignment: Quiz 1 Instructions:

• Answer each question thoroughly and in your own words. • Each answer should be between 150-250 words in APA format. • While using additional sources is not necessary, any sources you choose to use must be cited in APA

format. • Due Sunday, 4/18/2021 at 11:55 p.m. PST

Questions:

1. What is quantitative research? 2. What is a variable and what types of variables are there? 3. What are the mean and the median? Why would we use each? 4. What is a standard deviation, and what does it tell you? Provide a real-life example of when you might

want to know the standard deviation of something, and explain why.

5. What does it mean to operationalize something? Why do researchers do it? Please provide an example within your answer.

6. How would you explain the Normal Curve to Dr. Creps? Grading Rubric

Above Standard At Standard Approaching Standard

Below Standard

APA Format (20 points) • Appearance (e.g. title

page, running head) • Tables, figures, &

Appendices • In-text citation(s) • References

20 18 16 14

Mechanics (20 points) • Spelling • Punctuation • Grammar

20 18 16 14

Fluency (20 points) • Concise • Formal • technical

20 18 16 14

Understanding (90 points) • Conceptual

understanding is clear • Examples effective • Related concepts

addressed

90 87 82 75