Overview
For this week’s assignment you will read a published research study that uses some form of an analysis of variance (ANOVA) and you will examine a graduate program or job posting in the social sciences that uses statistics.
Preparation
Before you begin this assignment, complete the following:
- Download the Week 10 Assignment Worksheet [DOCX].
- For Part 1, locate one of the articles listed in the assignment in the Capella University LibraryLinks to an external site.. See Finding Articles Using the Journals Tab [Video]Links to an external site. for additional instructions.
- For Part 2, locate a graduate program or job posting in the social sciences that uses statistics. This should be different from the program or career you used in the Week 1 Assignment.
Instructions
Complete and submit the Week 10 Assignment worksheet.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria:
- Competency 2: Interpret statistical findings in the context of their level of statistical and practical significance.
- Identify the descriptive and inferential analyses conducted in the article.
- Identify the type of analysis of variance conducted in the study.
- Identify the variables in the analysis of variance conducted in the study.
- Summarize the results of an analysis of variance.
- Competency 4: Determine the generalizability of specific findings based on parameters of the research design.
- Identify the sample used in the study and the population to which the results of the study can be generalized.
- Competency 5: Evaluate academic options and careers in the social sciences that use statistics.
- Describe a graduate program or career in the social sciences that uses statistics.
- Explain why you think you would or would not be interested in pursuing the program or career you selected.
