Tools to Expedite your Proposal, IRB, and Results Chapter

Anxiety is pain in the future.

• Start with the methodology chapter• The Hourglass Metaphor• Methodology Basics• Results Chapter• Discussion Chapter• Graduate Student Toolkit

Today’s Webinar

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1st Things 1st (even when they’re named “Chapter 3”)

Start with the Methodology Chapter

The Hourglass Metaphor

Intro/Lit review

Methodology

Results

Discussion

1. Clear research questions

2. Participants3. Instruments/

materials4. Procedure5. Data analysis plan6. Sample size

Methodology Basics

• Statistical language • Differences, influence, or relationships• Know your IV’s and DV’s• Keep your terms consistent• Match the number of research questions and

hypotheses• Make it understandable to lay readers (or waste a

month of your life)

Clear Research Questions

• Can you secure them• Can you secure enough of them• Don’t worry about

representativeness• Incentivize if necessary

Participants

Vs.

• Use valid and reliable instruments• Don’t make your own survey• Use secondary data if possible

Instruments/Materials

• How are you going to administer those instruments to those participants?

• Paper and pencil, web-based, or interview?

Procedure

• Selecting the correct analysis • Level of measurement of scales and

phraseology of research questions• Assumptions of analyses• Justification of analyses(SS Membership solution)

Data Analysis Plan

• The 2 types of sample sizes in the world• Power analysis(SS Membership solution)

Sample Size

• Descriptive statistics• Statistical analyses• Assumptions of analyses• Write-up results

Results Chapter

• Reliability of scales• Frequencies and percentages for

nominal and ordinal level variables• Means, standard deviations, and

range for continuous level variables

Descriptive Statistics

Relationship questions• Correlation• Chi-square

Prediction questions• Regression• Logistic regression

Statistical Analyses

Difference questions• ANOVA• ANCOVA• Repeated-measure ANOVA• T-tests• Wilcoxon• Mann-Whitney

• Correlation—scatterplot• ANOVA/t-test—

homogeneity of variance and normality• Regression—outliers, mulitcollinearity and

homoscadacity, homogeneity of regression• AnCova-DV and covariate are related• Chi-square—expected value of 5 within each cell

Assumptions of Analyses

• Clear support or non-support for hypotheses• Practical and theoretical implications of findings• Generalizability and limitations• Future research

Discussion Chapter

The prescription for anxiety

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Preparation

Membership Resources • Dissertation Template• Goal Visualization Timeline• Choosing your statistical analyses• Sample size/Power analysis generator• Data analysis plan templates• Statistical Analysis: A Manual on Dissertation Statistics in

SPSS• Video Tutorials

Dissertation Template

• Chapters 1-5 guidelines (what each paragraph contains)• Table of contents with hyperlinks to particular chapters• Page numbering (including roman numeral front matter)• Reference examples• Average word count per section• APA 6th Edition formatting• Automatic Bookmarks (clickable to section)

Goal Visualization Timeline

Choosing Your Statistical Analysis

Sample Size Write-up Generator• ANCOVA• ANOVA• Correlation• Canonical analysis• Chi-square• Dependent sample t-test• Discriminant analysis• Independent t-test• Linear regression

• Logistic regression• MANCOVA• Mann-Whitney U• MANOVA• One sample t-test• Multiple regression• Test of independence• Wilcoxon signed rank

Example of sample size

write-up

Data Analysis Plan Templates

• Bivariate (Pearson) Correlation• Chi-Square Test of Independence• Dependent (Paired) Sample t-test• Factorial ANCOVA• Factorial ANOVA• Independent Sample t Test• Linear Regression• Logistic Regression• Mann-Whitney U Test• Mediation• Moderation• Multinominal Logistic Regression• Multiple Linear Regression

• One Sample t-test• One Way ANOVA• One Way MANCOVA• One Way ANCOVA• Ordinal Regression• Partial Correlation• Point-Biserial Correlation• Repeated Measures ANCOVA• Repeated Measures ANOVA• Spearman Rank Correlation• Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test• Z Test of Two Proportions

Data Analysis Plan Template Example

Results Chapter• Video Tutorials• SPSS Manual

Statistics Solutions Pro

www.StatisticsSolutionsPro.com

• Easy—no software to learn or nuances of the analysis assumptions to examine

• Convenient—no download necessary

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