Overview
You will complete a research paper on MANOVA/MANCOVA. You must do SPSS analyses on any of the files that are in the Data Files folder (Files section), files in the SPSS software, or any file in your textbook (7th edition). Access to that file, and its availability must be written in the methods section.
This is to remind you what should be in all research papers in this course. All research papers should be Factorial (2 or more IVs in both the review article and in the analyses).
The first research paper is based on this module's presentations
In actual sense, this is a bogus research paper that is more interested in STATISTICS and its REPRESENTATION than most of the other contents. Although the layout should be like any quantitative research paper, the main considerations will be given to the following things.
- There must be a quantitative critical literature review of a scholarly paper/article that has used the same analysis that is covered in that chapter. For example, in chapter 4, there must be a review of an article that used factorial ANOVA. That review should follow the 6 Ws, 1 H, 1 A and 1 R: who did what to whom, when, where, why, how, analysis and results—though not in that particular order as is discussed in the handout below on Writing Critical Review in the Literature review document folder in CANVAS Files section. Chapter related Statistical reports in the reviewed article must be indicated in your paper. (40% of score)
- You must do SPSS analyses on either the files that are in the Data Files folder (Files section), files in the SPSS software, or any file that can be publicly available. Access to that file, and its availability must be written in the methods section. (This part of paper earns 40%, while the rest of paper, neatness, APA, etc. earns 20%). You should NOT use the textbook's files.
- The presentation of statistics must be like what is presented in each chapter's "Presentation of Results". Effect size Eta symbol and any other symbols can be copied in Microsoft word Symbol Font.
- PLAGIARISM is a serious "Dishonesty" offence. This includes COPYING other students. This is just a reminder, because I do check plagiarism if I feel a loss of originality, by using Turnitin software. Tables in the paper should follow APA format; and should not be copy/pasted from SPSS outputs. The 1st plagiarism score is '0' for the assignment, while the next gives you an 'F' for the course