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Your study on the relationship between spirituality and ego reflects a well-put-
together section of the research. In the first section of your research, you
described the demographic attributes of the sample using descriptive and
frequency statistics while noting the symmetry and skewness of the sample
based on the demographic characteristics. In the second section of the study,
the Pearson correlation coefficient was correctly used to evaluate the
relationship between the independent and dependent variables. Formatted the
table using the tables in APA format and named them appropriately was also
correctly put together. Further, you correctly used scatterplot to visualize the
relationship between ego and spirituality.
Your interpretation of the output was also correct, and your decision not to
reject the null hypothesis with a p-value of 0.336 was also valid. However, you
did not comment on the direction and strength of the relationship between ego
and spirituality. Was the relationship weak, moderate, or strong, and did an
increase in spirituality lead to lower or higher levels of quiet ego? I think you
incorrectly referred to the correlation coefficient as the coefficient of
determination.
In the discussion section, you first summarized the purpose of the study, the
methodology, and the findings. You were also correct in stating the weakness
in the study as it involved only people who used Facebook as they may share
specific characteristics that are not representative of the general population.
You then related the results of your study to previous findings. I commend
you for using studies aligned with your results and those that contracted your
results, making your discussion broad and well-rounded.
You further noted nuances in the definition of spirituality and religiousness,
which may have led to a difference in the expected and the actual results.
Finally, the study suggested further study for the topic while noting its
importance and using well-formatted references. Overall, the study was well
thought out and articulated.
The first strength in your result and discussion sections is your breakdown of
your demographics, and the associated limitations presented. Future researchers
can attempt to further diversify the sample of participants. Your second
strength is your effective use of graphs. The correlations graph presented
relevant information to your reader and the scatterplot captured the
disassociation between your two variables.
The first recommendation I would make is including previous research methods
and to comparison them to yours so that the reader is able to grasp a full
picture concept on lessons learned and/or for repeat purposes (15 Steps, n.d.).
The second suggestion is to include if you did or did not brief participants
over the definitions of your variables (15 Steps, n.d.). You explained quite well
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in your discussion section how defining the terms can complicate and
negatively impact research efforts. The third suggestion is stressing the big
picture on why research in this area is important and the positive outcomes it
can have (15 Steps, n.d).
aa aa a aa aa a aa aa aa The study you mentioned was relevant and your tone and word
usage was appropriate.
Your results and Discussion were well constructed. One suggestion would be
to maintain the anonymity of the participates is if you would have allowed
more participants to fill out the form and randomly selected the number of
participants for the study or post the link on two different social sites to
obtain ensure that anonymity was indeed protected. You nicely explained the
results section of the study and provided the proper table and figure in APA
format, which gave a great visual of the results. One weakness is that there is
not a notes section for the figure, although not required, it would have made
the results in the figure easier to understand (American Psychological
Association, 7th ed, p. 227). Another great aspect of your research is the use
of relevant references. This aided in the support of your study. Lastly, you
did not discuss what the results mean for the field, and this impacts the big
picture.
American Psychological Association. (7th ed.). Publication Manual of the
American
Psychological Association. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
