Article Critique

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Part One

Article Critique

The practice of quantitative research not only involves statistical calculations and formulas but also involves the understanding of statistical techniques related to real-world applications. You might not become a quantitative researcher nor use statistical methods in your profession but as a consumer, citizen, and scholar-practitioner, it will be important for you to become a critical consumer of research, which will empower you to read, interpret, and evaluate the strength of claims made in scholarly material and daily news.

For this Assignment, you will critically evaluate a scholarly article related to reliability, validity, and scale analysis.

To prepare

• Review the Article Critique Assignment Guide in the Walden Library, listed in the Week 2 Learning Resources.
• Search the Walden Library for a quantitative article that utilizes scales.

The Assignment

Write a 2- to 3-page critique of the research you found in the Walden Library that includes responses to the following prompts:

• Did the authors construct scales in a clear, concise manner?
• Were the authors’ explanations clear regarding the reliability and validity of their measures?
• What information did the authors provide about establishing reliability and validity

PART TWO

7-10 PAGES

Assignment

By now, you should have selected a research question that interests you, identified the dataset that you will use to answer that question, and chosen a statistical test to analyze that data.

As you work on this assignments, keep these guidelines in mind:

• Present your research question clearly.
• Explain why you selected your dataset and the statistical test you applied to that dataset.
• Detail whether your test has statistical power or not.
• Use one of the statistical tests covered in this course.
• Visually display your results, in APA format.
• Detail how your findings might impact social change.
• Ensure that your Final Project is 7–10 pages in length, in APA format.

Be sure to review the two documents in the Learning Resources relating to the Final Project, both of which you originally reviewed in Week 3. Throughout this course, in Assignments that followed each new concept that you learned, you responded to questions and prompts. If you are not sure how to proceed with your Final Project, reviewing your responses to those questions and prompts may inform and shape your analysis. Remember to collaborate with your peers and the Instructor in the Collaboration Lab.