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Assignment 3: Research Design Questions

Suppose you were going to create your own study to examine what course-delivery format (online, blended,

or face-to-face) leads to the best performance in a psychological statistics class. In a paper identify the following for your study:

· What is your research question?

· What is your hypothesis (both null and alternate)?

· Is this a qualitative or quantitative design (based on type of variable collected) and why?

· Is this a descriptive, correlational or experimental design and why?

· What would be an example of a variable for this study that could be measured on a nominal scale?

· Ordinal scale? Interval scale? Ratio scale?

· Once you have collected your data, would you use inferential or descriptive statistics and why?

· Create a sample frequency distribution for one of the variables. Choose either a simple or grouped frequency distribution and explain your choice.

Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Identified an appropriate research question	3
Correctly identified the null and alternative hypotheses.	6
Explained whether your study would be classified as a qualitative or quantitative design and why.	6
Explained whether your study would be classified as a descriptive, correlational or experimental design and why.	10
Provided an example of a variable for this study that could be measure on a nominal scale, ordinal scale, interval scale, and ratio scale.	13
Explained whether inferential or descriptive statistics would be used to analyze the data collected and why.	6
Created a sample frequency distribution for one of the variables. Selected either a simple or grouped frequency distribution and explained choice.	20
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.	16
Total:	80