Week 6 – Final Paper

Application, Interpretation, and Presentation of Statistics

[WLO: 2] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Over the past few weeks, you have explored a variety of statistical techniques that each play an important role in conducting research. For this Final Paper, you will evaluate the application, interpretations, and presentation of statistics in formal and informal research studies.

Begin by locating three research studies to analyze for your Final Paper, based on the three statistical techniques below:

• At least one study should display data through graphs, tables, and/or charts.
• At least one study should describe the hypothesis testing procedure that was used (either explicitly /specifically, or implicitly/generally).
• At least one study should use inferential statistical analysis tests or correlation/regression approaches.

Once you have selected your three research studies, develop a paper using the format below as a guide.

Final Paper Structure

• Opening: State which three specific statistical procedures you will be evaluating.
• Thesis: Describe how these statistical procedures been used to answer research questions.
• Literature Review: For each study presented, state the research question being asked.

  Explain how the illustrated statistical procedure helped to answer each research question.

• Statistical Discussion: Analyze the value, strengths, and weaknesses of each statistical technique in answering formal and informal research questions.
• Conclusion: Summarize the general use of statistical tools in quantitative research studies.

The Final Paper

• Must be 8 to 10 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.)
• Must include a separate title page with the following:

  Title of paper
  Student’s name
  Course name and number
  Instructor’s name
  Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to

APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.)

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• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

  For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.

• Must use at least five sources in addition to the course text. (Note: You should use credible sources to explain the main concept/statistical technique and scholarly sources/peer-reviewed articles for examples of the concept/statistical technique.)

  The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

• Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the

Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)

for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

ATTACHED IS MY ROUGH DRAFT FROM WEEK 3 OF THE FINAL ASSIGNMENT 

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ROUGH DRAFT ASSIGNMENT 3

Rough Draft Assignment

Monica Santiago

MAT 540 Statistical Concepts for Research

Instructor: Taan ElAli

February 24, 2020

Several statistical techniques can get applied to a research study. These techniques play a very integral role in the course of research work. Some of the most used techniques, which I will apply in my research paper, includes the application of tables, charts and/ or graphs, the testing of the hypothesis as well as inferential statistical analysis techniques or regression and correlation analysis. In these draft work, I will focus more on the analysis of the above three statistical methods.

First, the graphical analysis method is a typical visual aid applied in the representation of statistical data. For instance, the research study on the causes of death in the universe conducted by Max Roser and Hana Ritchie heavily relies on the use of tables, graphs, and charts to display quantitative data. The study looks forward to establishing the stimulators and annual causes of death in this world. It thus collects this information from across the globe. Their application of these visual assistance tools makes the audiences and the users of the research to form a clear and quick understanding of the data. One can see that the leading cause of death in the year 2016 from the global perspective was the related heart complications (Richie& Roser, 2018).

The other tool is the test of hypothesis, which s very resourceful in the collection of crucial information required for taking significant moves and arriving at a solid decision. As per Marchal, Linda, and Wathen, the test of hypothesis involves the use of pieces of evidence from the sample, together with probability theory in determining the truth of a given hypothetical proposition (Linda, Marchal& Wathen, 2017). For instance, Sears, Fishers, and Smith analyzed the hypothesis, to determine the correlation between the presence of tobacco smoke in the atmosphere and the risk attached as per the research. The three writers hypothesized that the rise in the aggregation of platelets and the formation of a clot in the blood due to the exposure to tobacco smoke among the test subjects increased their risks of cardiovascular diseases for up to a whopping 34% ( Marchal (Fisher& Sears et al., 2010).

Kalla and Wilson defined the last statistical tool, inferential statistical analysis, as the process of arriving at conclusions about a population parameter by analyzing the sample results of an experiment( Wilson& Kalla, 2016). For instance, a study got conducted in Minnesota across fourteen schools to establish how the physical exercises impacted the performance of the students. Those fourteen schools undertook and added physical body exercises into their school schedules. The results demonstrated that physical fitness would increase the performance of students in Mathematics by up to twenty-seven percentage and reading proficiency among students by an excellent twenty four percent. The researchers observed the target students fo three years. The investigators concluded that physical activities would lead to an improvement in the performance among learners. The study did not as well find any regression in the students’ test scores de to the physical exercises. This application of sample results improves the reliability as well as the quality of the decision taken about a target population (Howatt, 2018).

References

Fischer, T., Sears, S., & Smith, C. (2010, April 01). Environmental Tobacco Smoke,

Cardiovascular Disease, and the Nonlinear Dose-Response Hypothesis. Retrieved January 24, 2020, from https://academic.oup.com/toxsci/article/54/2/462/1654166

Howatt, G. (2018, September 19). Exercise improves test scores, the study of Minnesota students

finds 14 schools incorporated physical activity programs in classrooms, plus yoga and other movements. Retrieved January 24, 2020, from http://www.startribune.com/exercise-improves-test-scores-in-study-of-minnesota-students/462406323/

Wilson, L. T. & Kalla, S. (n.d.). Inferential Statistics. Retrieved January 24, 2020, from

https://explorable.com/inferential-statistics

Lind, D. A., Marchal, W. G., & Wathen, S. A. (2017). Statistical techniques in business and

economics. (17th ed.). Retrieved January 24, 2020, from http://connect.mheducation.com/class/

Ritchie, H., & Roser, M. (2018, February). Causes of Death. Retrieved January 24, 2020,

from https://ourworldindata.org/causes-of-death