Assignment:
Overview
One of the most crucial components of this course is developing a research project from conceptualizing a research problem and develop a number of complementary design, measurement, and data collection approaches to bring evidence to bear on the problem. Throughout the class, you created a research study based on publicly available data from the General Social Survey (GSS). You chose data which were representative of your interests and satisfied your research question and hypotheses.
This Assignment meets these course objectives:
1. Describe and apply the concepts and logic of elementary statistics.
2. Conduct statistical analysis in SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences).
3. Compare and contrast different types of data and the statistics that can be used to analyze them
4. Examine the differences between descriptive and inferential statistics and their use in the social sciences.
5. Form critical interpretations of quantitative research literature in sociology and other social sciences.
6. Complete and interpret descriptive and inferential statistical data analysis
7. Critically evaluate the quality of research design and evidence in published social research.