FROM the INSTRUCTOR:  Please remember to include key data points in your narrative. It is not enough to refer the reader to a table/figure/chart. Also, please make sure you describe what the data mean. For example, if you are sharing an effect size, you would share the numeric value and indicate what it means within the context of the data. We wouldn’t just say the effect size is large – indicate what that means.

By Day 3

By Day 5

Respond to at least one of your colleagues posts and comment on the following:

1. Do you think the variables are appropriately used? Why or why not?
2. Does the addition of the control variables make sense to you? Why or why not?
3. Does the analysis answer the research question? Be sure and provide constructive and helpful comments for possible improvement.
4. If there was a significant effect, comments on the strength and its meaningfulness.
5. As a lay reader, were you able to understand the results and their implications? Why or why not?

Use proper APA format, citations, and referencing for your analysis, research question, and display of output.

Learning Resources

Required Readings

Frankfort-Nachmias, C., Leon-Guerrero, A., & Davis, G. (2020). Social statistics for a diverse society (9th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

• Chapter 12, Regression and Correlation (pp. 401-457) (previously read in Week 8)

Wagner, III, W. E. (2020). Using IBM SPSS statistics for research methods and social science statistics (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

• Chapter 8, “Correlation and Regression Analysis”
• Chapter 11, Editing Output (previously read in Week 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7, and 8)

Walden University Library. (n.d.). Course Guide and Assignment Help for RSCH 8210. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/rsch8210

For help with this weeks research, see this Course Guide and related weekly assignment resources.

Document: Walden University: Research Design Alignment Table

Datasets

Your instructor will post the datasets for the course in the Doc Sharing section and in an Announcement. Your instructor may also recommend using a different dataset from the ones provided here. CHOOSE which one you would like to use:   Afrobarometer Dataset, report the mean of Q1 (Age). If you are using the HS Long Survey Dataset, report the mean of X1SES.

Required Media

Laureate Education (Producer). (2016g). Multiple regression [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

 

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 7 minutes.

 

In this media program, Dr. Matt Jones demonstrates multiple regression using the SPSS software.

 

Accessible player –Downloads–Download Video w/CCDownload AudioDownload Transcript

Optional Resources

Skill Builder: Interpreting the Results from Regression Models

To access these Skill Builders, navigate back to your Blackboard Course Home page, and locate Skill Builders in the left navigation pane. From there, click on the relevant Skill Builder link for this week.

You are encouraged to click through these and all Skill Builders to gain additional practice with these concepts. Doing so will bolster your knowledge of the concepts youre learning this week and throughout the course.

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