Competencies
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies:
Interpret psychological data using quantitative and qualitative methods
Apply the principles of statistical methods to inform a research problem
Scenario
You work for a market research company that supplies information for political non-
profit organizations throughout the nation.
A number of your clients are interested in
the public perception around policies about sexual orientation and political opinions
and ideologies.
Use the research question you chose in your milestone assignment and the appropriate data set provided to support your analysis. Then, summarize your analysis in a brief report.
Writing Template
You didn’t complete one or more of the previous writing templates.
The following writing templates must be completed before this one can be started.
Select a Research Question
Directions
For this project you will submit an analysis report summary, which is an APA Style write-up, using the data and writing templates on this page.
You may want to reference either the ANOVA Tips and Tricks document or the
Regression Tips and Tricks document to complete your inferential test.
Criteria
Refer to your exemplar to ensure that you format your write-up appropriately. You must address the rubric criteria listed below:
1. Select and report the inferential statistical test contextualized in the research
question.
2. Provide the alpha value and use it to determine the significance of your test.
3. Report the results in APA format, including statistic value with degree of freedom,
p value, and effect size.
4. Report the values necessary to interpret the findings and identify the pattern of
relationship (for example, slope for regression and means for ANOVA).
5. Connect the statistical findings back to the research question and conceptual
variables.
6. Propose an actionable item that uses the results of your findings relevant to the
research question.
7. Provide the output from your data analysis (using the Analysis ToolPak) as a
screenshot or picture.
Your Analysis Report Summary must be 100 to 250 words long and include the required image of your output.
Write Your Analysis Summary Report
Use this template to write your analysis summary report and upload the
image of your data analysis output.
