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Methods and Organizing Data. Formulating the Methods. Research design Subjects Selection Number IRB approval Recruitment Instrumentation Pilot testing. Writing the Methods. Subjects Instrumentation Procedures Statistical analysis. Methods Flow Chart . Organizing Data – Computers.
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Formulating the Methods • Research design • Subjects • Selection • Number • IRB approval • Recruitment • Instrumentation • Pilot testing
Writing the Methods Subjects Instrumentation Procedures Statistical analysis
Organizing Data – Computers • Wonderful things!! • EXCEL (spreadsheet) • SPSS • STATView • Computer only able to do it’s functions if you set up the data correctly
Organizing Data • Rank order • High to low • Simple frequency distribution • Large group of data • 2 columns (data) & (frequency of score) • Grouped frequency distribution • Range of scores and frequency within that range
Graphing data • 3 common characteristics • Title • Labels for x and y axes • X = score • Y = frequency • What if comparing IVs to scores?
Types of Graphic Displays • Histograms • Bar graphs • Curves • Line graphs