POLS1009 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Contingency Table, Turnitin, Descriptive Statistics
SECOND ASS IGNMENT WK 6
- ESPS
- Research enterprise
- The statistics are a means to an end
- Due September 27 at 1600
- 2000 words
- At least 5 academic (journals, books, etc.) sources
- Submitted via Turnitin
- Late penalty 5 marks per day
- X is causally related to Y
What We’re Looking For
- Significant research effort
- Research Question
- Dependent Variable
- Independent Variable(s)
- Control Variable(s)
- Hypothesis
- Data Analysis – descriptive statistics, which may include a cross-tab
- E.g. Voter Choice. Independent variable: Age
oDV: Age
oIDV: Age
oAge VC
Gender M/F
Males = LP
M/f> Age Vote Choice
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Document Summary
Se co nd a ss ig nm e n t w k 6. The statistics are a means to an end. At least 5 academic (journals, books, etc. ) sources. Data analysis descriptive statistics, which may include a cross-tab. Independent variable: age: dv: age, idv: age, age vc. Creating more sub-categories to compare the sub-categories to see if there are differences between them. Ed/uvsr/es/g/a vc: older people = lib party, can test with external and internal validity. Lots of literature on this topic: difference between a reasonable and very good paper is that hypothesis is driven out of literature, do some research. A cook book" of what you did and how you did it: republican matters! Need to justify the decisions you have made. How you justify your decision is why it is commonly accept or find another case and justify.
