use Fansher & Eckinger (2020) to complete the questions below. All answers should be in your own words. Work on paraphrasing and not using direct quotes. Your paraphrased answers should not be identical to your classmates.
1. What was the research question being explored?
2. What do you think the hypothesis was based on the literature review?
3. What was the dependent variable? Is it dummy, categorical, or continuous?
4. List the independent variables (there are 9) and if they are dummy, categorical, or continuous.
5. What two types of statistical tests were conducted?
6. Of the continuous variables, how many were significant at each level? Only choose the most appropriate level. For example, if something is significant at p<0.001, only count it for 0.001, not also for 0.01 and 0.05.
a. p < 0.05
b. p < 0.01
c. p < 0.001
7. What kind of statistics were given for the qualitative data?
8. What was the coding process for the qualitative data?
9. Read the discussion. Based on this, what should be included in a discussion generally? Keep in mind you will have to write a short discussion during the last week of class.
10. Were there any limitations or issues with the quantitative data that the authors noted?
