MOD 05 DOC 670
Module 5 – Background
COMPARING MODELS TO ASSESS THE RESEARCH PROBLEM
Required Reading
EvaSys. (2018). How to effectively carry out a qualitative data analysis. Retrieved fromhttps://www.evasys.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/How_to_Effectivele_Carry_Out_a_Qualitative_Analysis.pdf
Reporting and discussing your findings. (2018). Retrieved May 10, 2018, from theMonash University website athttps://www.monash.edu/rlo/graduate-research-writing/write-the-thesis/writing-the-thesis-chapters/reporting-and-discussing-your-findings
Data presentation and analysis. (2018). Retrieved May 10, 2018 from the Planning Tank website athttps://planningtank.com/planning-techniques/data-presentation-and-analysis
Research data management system project:Best practices in research data management. (2018). New England Collaborative Data Management Curriculum. Retrieved May 10, 2018.
Rowley, J. (2002). Using case studies in research.Management Research News, 25(1), 16-27. Retrieved May 10, 2018. Available in the Trident Online Library. (Search by title and author’s last name.)
Stockberger, D. (2016).Introductory statistics: Concepts, models, and applications.Missouri State. Retrieved fromhttp://www.psychstat.missouristate.edu/introbook/sbk19.htm
Brown, N., Lave, B., Romey, J., Schatz, M., & Shingledecker, M. (2018)Beginning Excel. OpenOregon, Creative Commons License. Retrieved fromhttps://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/beginningexcel/andhttps://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/beginningexcel/front-matter/introduction/
Book II: Chapters 14 and
Book V: Chapter 1 in:
Harvey, G. (2016).Excel 2016 All-in-One For Dummies. John Wiley & Sons. Available in the Trident Online Library: Follow these instructions forFinding Skillsoft Books. Enter112925in the search bar.
Video Material
ExcellsFun. (2012, October 19).Excel data analysis: Sort, filter, PivotTable, formulas (25 examples): HCC Professional Day 2012[Video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5WiYh2jmG8
Gibbs, G. R. (2015, March 4).Quality in qualitative research[Video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1YfaSmDQbw
Curry, L. (2015, June 23).Fundamentals of qualitative research methods: Data analysis (module 5)[Video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opp5tH4uD-w
Russell, D. (2014, October 24).Introduction to quantitative data analysis[Video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5XR3Ari7-0
McGinn, J., Kaniasty, E., Mistry, D., Soucy, K., & Snyder, C. (2012). Delivering results: How do you report user research findings? New Hampshire Usability Professionals Association Meeting. Retrieved fromhttps://www.slideshare.net/bobthomas/delivering-results-how-do-you-report-user-research-findings
Sampling and Data
Gibbs, G. R. (2012, October 24).Social surveys. Part 1 of 2 on surveys and sampling[Video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-lEVzKyqhQ&t=6s
Gibbs, G. R. (2012, October 24).Sampling. Part 2 of 2 on surveys and sampling[Video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owN9hLq-Eac
Gibbs, G. R. (2014, March 11).Crosstabulations and their interpetation. Part 1 of 2 on crosstabulations and chi-square[Video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6bqHNVd-Kw
Gibbs, G. R. (2014, March 11).The chi-square statistic and reporting results. Part 2 of 2 on crosstabulations and chi-square[Video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmaL62bDsf8&t=5s
Module 5 – Case
COMPARING MODELS TO ASSESS THE RESEARCH PROBLEM
Assignment Overview
In this Case Assignment, you will be reading several articles and sources relating to different kinds of data analysis, the process of inferring conclusions from data, the legitimacy of different kinds of analyses, and the development of conclusions and recommendations from your data. You will then be asked to develop a preliminary data analysis and presentation plan, describing the kinds of inferences you hope to draw from your data and how you justify their legitimacy. You also be asked to sketch out a plan for presenting your findings for your research site and wrapping up your relationship with the site.
As the course has progressed, you have made a series of decisions in which you have increasingly specified the structure of your project. These decisions build on each other in critical ways. However, youre not locked into previous decisions if you subsequently decide you need to change direction. As before, you have an opportunity to go back and revise and/or extend the sections completed in previous modules. If you do revise earlier sections, please include them and indicate what changes you have made to them. Case grades given for the first four modules have been advisory rather than final. Your ultimate grade will be based on the completed methodology section represented by the final versions of all five cases put together at the end of the course here in Module 5.
Case Assignment
Prepare a 5- to 7-page paper in accordance with the following Assignment Expectations, describing the analysis issues for your project that form the basis for the Methodology section of your dissertation, in accordance with the following outline:
Identify the major kinds of data that you plan to collect during your project. Discuss the IRB approval process. For each major kind of data, identify steps that you will take to analyze those data for purposes of the project. The readings will help you identify different kinds of data and appropriate analytical procedures associated with each.
Identify the main kinds of conclusions that you hope to draw from your data analysis. These might be descriptive/analytical, prescriptive in the form of recommendations, suggestions in the way of forward thinking, or some combination of these. For each type of conclusion, identify offices and people within the organization that you believe might be interested in your conclusions, and why they might be interested.
Identify the main deliverables from your project, and to whom the delivery would be made other than the members of your doctoral committee.
Remember, the five Case Assignments that youve completed in this course together constitute an effective first draft of the Methodology section of your project proposal. Therefore, you want to review the previous assignments carefully in light of the feedback that you have been given and take the opportunity to make any needed revisions or modifications so that the document hangs together clearly and effectively. Your final grade for the case part of this course will be based on the sum of the five parts taken together, so this is your opportunity to remediate any deficiencies you might have encountered in previous modules.
Please conclude your paper with a paragraph or two assessing the effectiveness of this approach to developing the methodology for your project and any lessons that you have learned during this course about the nature and conduct of academic research in applied settings.
Assignment Expectations
Length:The written component of this assignment should be 57 pages long (double-spaced) without counting the cover page and reference page.
Organization:Subheadings should be used to organize your paper according to the questions.
Grammar and Spelling:While no points are deducted for minor errors, assignments are expected to adhere to standard guidelines of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence syntax. Points may be deducted if grammar and spelling impact clarity. We encourage you to use tools such as grammarly.com and proofread your paper before submission.
Module 5 – SLP
COMPARING MODELS TO ASSESS THE RESEARCH PROBLEM
In this SLP you will use statistical tests and graphics to determine if measures are significantly different across some specified criteria. Since your research is focused on one firm, you will be testing across relatively small sets of data. With such small sets of data, the tests do not assume normality that is required of parametric statistics. In parametric statistics, samples are drawn from a population so as to make generalizations from that population. For the tests you are doing in your dissertation, you will use small sample t-tests and visualizations.
For the United Way, this spreadsheet shows the donations across 14 of their major corporate partners. The donations are broken out by gender. Not only are they interested in the total gifts from each firm but also the break-out by gender and the average per person donation. Here is an image of the clickable spreadsheet shown in Figure 7.
Figure 9.Pivot Table example
SLP Assignment Expectations
Using the secondary data for your selected firm, produce an analysis that compares some key criteria to show the selected areas of focus in your research on your firm. This analysis will help you to show the importance of your research question for this firm and set the stage for the qualitative research you are about to undertake.
Produce a spreadsheet with associated graphs, also provide a page or two to discuss this data analysis and the conclusions you have drawn. Add this to the growing work you have on the Background for the firm you are studying. By integrating this work into your Background section, you will have completed an important addition for the appendix of your Dissertation. So be sure that you put together all five SLPs that tell the story of why you selected this firm for your Dissertation and how your analysis supports the importance of the work you will be doing on this dissertation research.
Discussion: Dissertation Methodology Section
During the modules of this course, you have built your Methodology section piece by piece. In the methodology you have reflected on the means by which you will research your selected organization. In the SLPs, you have covered various methods to analyze data, and you have produced analysis of your Background data for your selected firm. In this section you will reflect on your progress toward completing the Methodology Section and Background section of your Dissertation. Discuss how you will continue to improve these sections in the Dissertation road ahead.
