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Read Chapter one of Reading Statistics and Research Ed: 6th: Schuyler W. Huck
5. Methodology
6. Result 7. Discussion /Conclusion 8. References
Abstract
What is the Purpose of Abstract?
Summarizes the entire research Length is about 150 words
Abstract Contains Statement of the purpose Research Participants Research Design Summary of Important Findings
Introduction
Introduction contains Background of the Study Statement of the Purpose Hypotheses
Introduction / Background
Background Reason for Study Connection with the Other Studies
Literature Review
Background of the Study
Link with the Previous Researches Different Related theories are discussed
Some Definitions
Data
Set of Values
A measure which can have more than one value Example
Gender, Age, Address,
Variable
Hypothesis
Types of Variables
Types
Qualitative
Nominal
Ordinal
Variable
Quantitative
Interval
Ratio
Examples of Variables
Introduction/Hypotheses
Presented after the Statement of the Purpose
It helps to give meaning to the results A study without hypotheses give result but
Hypotheses
Descriptiv e Describe a Population Either in Terms of Mean or Proportion
Relational
Causal
Hypotheses
Descriptiv e Average of Marks of Stats Class is Less than 80
Caus al
Relational
provides the data for Statisticians to analyze Hypotheses So Hypotheses will determine what questions to include Symbolically
Hypotheses H1 H2 H3 H4 ..
Questionnaire Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 ..
Data For H1 H2 H3 H4 ..
Hypotheses To Questionnaire
In
one hospital patients are continuously complaining about the service quality To study the Problem Administrator has come up with these claims or Hypotheses
1. 2. 3. 4.
Patients are not satisfied with the cleaning in the hospital Patients are not satisfied with the Communication of Nurses Females are more dissatisfied than males Elderly people are more dissatisfied than younger people
Wards
Cleanin g
Washroom s
Noise
helps you collect the data Code book help you to feed the data into the SPSS An Example on the basis of the hypotheses is coming
Some Hypotheses
H1. Doctors listening behavior is positively related to patients relationship satisfaction. H2. Doctors listening behavior is positively related to patients confidence in the doctor. H3. Doctors explaining behavior is positively related to patients relationship satisfaction. H4. Doctors explaining behavior is positively related to patients confidence in the doctor.
Conceptual Framework:
Variables & Hypotheses
How often do you consume soft drinks in a typical week? (Correct) 1. ___ Less than once a week 2. ___ 1 to 3 times per week 3. ___ 4 to 6 times per week 4. ___ 7 or more times per week
Method
How the study was conducted Participants / Sample Plan Measures Procedures Statistical Plan
Sample
Since the study is set in the context of a doctorpatient relationship, the population consisted of all patients who have visited the same doctor more than three times a year in selected clinics in the city of Mumbai in India. Specialist doctors who require more than one visit from a patient over a period of time were considered ideal for the study.
Sampling Design
A total of 340 completed questionnaires were obtained. These 340 responses were from 188 female and 152 male participants, most of who were aged between 20 and 45 years. More than 55 percent of respondents worked in the service sector. Almost all the respondents possessed a graduate or postgraduate level qualification. In total, 20 responses were omitted due to incomplete information being supplied for many questions, and consequently a total of 320 completed questionnaires could be used for analysis.
Material/Research Instrument
Observation Form
Questionnaire Experiment (Experiment Creates data which
Analysis Design
How the data was processed to get the result Descriptive Analysis Inferential Analysis Hypotheses are the key for the selection of the Procedures. (How?)
Result
Styles Words Tables Graphs
Technical and Statistical Jargons A bit difficult to understand
Discussion / Conclusion
Gives answer to the Statement of Purpose
Discusses why Results turnout that way Discusses how the research findings are
References
From where the research took help
Necessary to avoid the blame of Plagiarism Helps the reader to go into detail
research was properly done Harvard Referencing Method will be discussed in this course