Identify the specific statistical tests used. Were the tests appropriate for the situation and type of data?
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the assigned readings and the instructor guidance for the week, complete the learning activity, read the Writing Center resource Writing an Article Critique, view the University of Arizona Global Campus Library tutorial How to Read a Scholarly Article, and review the required video Test statistics: Crash Course statistics #26. Your instructor will post an announcement with the reference for the article to be critiqued in this assignment. Read the article assigned by your instructor and identify the research questions and/or hypotheses as they are stated. Consider the following questions: What are the variables (sample sizes, population, treatments, etc.)? What are the inferential statistics used in this article? Were the proper steps of hypothesis testing followed?
Your article critique paper must
Determine what question(s) the authors are trying to answer by doing this research, the hypothesis being tested, and the concepts that were applied in this process.
Evaluate the article and critique the statistical analysis employed in the study.
Identify the specific statistical tests used. Were the tests appropriate for the situation and type of data?
Would you have included more and/or different variables? Explain your answer.
Examine the results, assumptions, interpretations, and limitations of the statistical study.
Interpret the findings of the author(s) using statistical concepts.
What would you have done differently? Why?
Discuss how either the statistical test(s) used in this study or the findings of this research might be useful in your future career.
The Inferential Statistics Article Critique assignment
Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Style resource.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted