Discussion Post

• Identify an organization in your location that complements the knowledge and skills you have developed during your program. (May be hypothetical.)
• Identify a leadership role that you would enjoy having within this organization. If you are not interested in a career, identify something that you think would be rewarding if you were advancing your career.
• Identify the following in association with this organization and position:
  • Research question: What is happening in the organization that could be researched?
    • Narrowing a Topic and Developing a Research Question (Links to an external site.)
  • Hypothesis: State why you believe it is happening.
  • What dependent variables/factors do you believe may be affecting your chosen scenario (i.e., age, workload, work shift, ineffective communications)?
    • What type of factor did you identify (i.e., nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio)?
  • Are there any potential extraneous variables? Why or why not. If so please list two to three.
  • Method: What method would best reflect an accurate analysis of the situation (e.g., quasi-experimental or phenomenology, etc.)? Include your rationale.
• Lastly, discuss how an understanding of the basics of research and statistics can help a person in decision making, whether in an organization, or even in a social situation.

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