Discussion # 1 Due Weds 08/19/21
Wk 1 Discussion 1 – Statistics [due Thurs]
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Please refer to the resources provided on CDS Central. They are intended to help you engage effectively on the discussion board.
Due Thursday
This course provides foundational information about statistics.
Frankfort-Nachmias & Leon-Guerrero (2018) explain “statistics is a set of procedures used by social scientists to organize, summarize, and communicate numerical information. Only information represented by numbers can be the subject of statistical analysis” (p.18).
Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:
- How do you plan to use what you learn in this course in your personal or professional life?
- What specific information are you hoping to learn to apply in your dissertation?
Reference: Frankfort-Nachmias, C., & Leon-Guerrero, A. (2018). Social statistics for a diverse society (8th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Due Monday
Review others’ questions and using your professional experience, provide an answer or related insights in 150 words.
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Discussion # 2 Due Fri 08/20/21
Wk 1 Discussion 2 – Research [due Sat]
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Please refer to the resources provided on CDS Central. They are intended to help you engage effectively on the discussion board.
Due Saturday
Frankfort-Nachmias and Leon-Guerrero (2018) depict research as a five-stage iterative process (Ch. 1, Figure 1.1).
Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:
- How theory informs and is informed by:
- Asking the research question
- Formulating hypotheses
- Collecting data
- Analyzing data
- Evaluating hypotheses
Reference: Frankfort-Nachmias, C., & Leon-Guerrero, A. (2018). Social statistics for a diverse society (8th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc.
Due Monday
Review others’ questions and using your professional experience, provide an answer or related insights in 150 words.
Copyright 2020 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved.