Qualitative study

Method: Two or three paragraphs containing the details of the group’s study, a description of the research objective(s)/hypothesis(es), type of study, participants (randomly selected), variables measured, and sampling technique. Numerical summaries and graphs of the data should be embedded throughout this section, along with the descriptions.

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Female yes 43; no9

Male yes 8; no 5

Part I: Descriptive Draft (Descriptive Statistics)

Each group will choose a topic of interest and collect data by conducting a survey or performing a simple experiment. The sample size for a survey should be at least 50; the sample size for experiments, at least 20. Each group will submit a descriptive draft to portray the data that was collected, explain the variable or variables being summarized and displayed, and why that variable was chosen. Organization of the descriptive draft should be as follows: (The Project Template is included on the final page of these instructions.)

· Introduction: One or two paragraphs introducing and detailing the project topic, how inquiry(ies) were conducted, and the relevance of the group’s project to a well-defined community. Include any national statistics that support the importance of the issue or that will be used for comparison to the data. This section should end with a one-sentence purpose statement and primary research question(s).

· Method: Two or three paragraphs containing the details of the group’s study, a description of the research objective(s)/hypothesis(es), type of study, participants, variables measured, and sampling technique. Numerical summaries and graphs of the data should be embedded throughout this section, along with the descriptions.

· Provide at least 3 different numerical summaries and displays of the data, as appropriate for the chosen topic and variable(s). Examples may include mean, median, standard deviation, 5-number summary, linear correlation coefficient, and/or linear regression equation; pie chart, Pareto chart, frequency/relative frequency distribution, histogram, stem-and-leaf plot, and/or scatter plot.

· Chapter 1 of the textbook provides helpful information about population parameters, sample statistics, sampling methods, and bias. Chapters 2, 3 and 4 provide helpful definitions, instructions and examples for summarizing and displaying both qualitative and quantitative data.