Quantitative Assignment:
Assignment description: You will need to find 3 articles that have used quantitative research methods. Once you find and read your articles, you will
need to identify the elements that make them quantitative. You will need to write a summary of the research report with the information included in
step 3 and 5 below. Your write up should include complete sentences, be grammatically correct, and have correct spelling.
Also remember to include a
copy of each of the original articles (3) with your assignment submission.
Assignment purpose: This assignment will allow you to demonstrate your ability to identify the key characteristics of a quantitative study in a real
research report. It also will allow you to demonstrate and practice writing a summary of those characteristics of a research report.
9. When you are doing a database search, try to look for articles that are on a similar topic because it will make it easier for you to synthesize their
content.
As you are looking, remember what makes research quantitative: (Taken from: Palys and Atchinson, 2007, p. 426).
o It emphasizes numerical precision
o Objective and without researcher bias
o Often hypothetico‐deductive approach
10. Once you have found your articles, make sure that you have all the referencing information you will require. Please refer to the JIBC Library’s
APA reference guide at: http://lgdata.s3‐website‐us‐east‐1.amazonaws.com/docs/766/161187/APA_Style‐6th_ed‐Dec2011.pdf.
11. You may wish to make notes as you go to organize your thoughts for your written summary.
12. Once you have documented the referencing information, you will want to identify the following from each article:
Sample population: who, how many, where
Type of sampling: probalistic/non‐probabalistic and which technique used in those categories (e.g., snowballing)
Type of methodology: how the study was done
Findings
13. As you read the articles, think critically of any rival plausible explanations or “alternative factors that might also have accounted for the results”,
such as threats to internal validity (Palys and Atchinson, 2007, p. 428). Also consider any possible recommendations of how you think the research
should or could have been conducted differently.
14. Now write a summary of each article in 3‐4 paragraphs with all the information you collected in step 4 and 5.
Provide a complete APA reference for article #1.:
Summary of Article 1:
Provide a complete APA reference for article #2.
Summary of Article 2:
Provide a complete APA reference for article #3.
Summary of Article 3:
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