TERM PAPER PART 1: INTRODUCTION, REVIEW OF LITERATURE, PROBLEM STATEMENT, RESEARCH QUESTIONS Due at the end of week 5 (Sunday at midnight) You need to conduct some research related to your own inte

TERM PAPER PART 2: Statistics in Quantitative Methods

The purpose of the assignment is to develop skills associated with selecting and applying methods for data collection, stationary and time series data analysis and hypothesis testing.

• Brief Introduction of the model or use of theory

• Data collection
  Identify the sources that will offer the information that you need to answer the research question (journals, books, internet resources, government documents, people, etc).

1. What data do you plan to acquire to answer your research question? Why? What kinds of instruments, variables, materials, or sources will you use (i.e. will you use observations, surveys, interviews, case studies, focus groups, experiments, documents, media, data base searches, etc.)? If you plan to use mixed methods, will they be sequential or concurrent? Why?

2. List the kinds of data/information that you plan to collect (e.g. testimonials, statistics, business/government reports, other research data, audio/video recordings, etc.). Also, consider two or three alternative ways you could gather data/information for this research.

3. If you plan to use research participants, where will they come from? How will they be sampled? How many participants will you require?

If you are not using research participants, who will you use as the target audience of your data? Who would most benefit from your research, and why?

1. What ethical issues will your research project present? What biases might you bring to the research and how will you address that bias?

Analysis of stationary data

1. What method will you choose to analyze the stationary data that you plan to collect?

2. Has this method of data analysis been applied in similar situations by other authors? Include references and illustrations from the literature to show the advantages and disadvantages of the method.

3. Attach a worked-out example of application of the method using simulated or previously published data and explain it.

4. How will you validate your findings/conclusions?

Testing hypotheses

1. State your hypotheses.

2. Explain how to test your hypotheses and justify the choice.

3. Have similar hypotheses been tested by other authors? Include references and illustrations from the literature. Attach a worked-out example of hypothesis testing using simulated or previously published data.

4. How will you validate your findings/conclusions?

Analysis and forecasting of time series

1. Define the time series data you plan to gather related to your topic.

2. What method will you choose to analyze and forecast the time series data that you plan to collect?

3. Have these methods of data analysis and forecasting been applied in similar situations by other authors? Include references and illustrations from the literature to show their advantages and disadvantages.

4. Attach a worked-out example of analysis and forecasting using simulated or previously published data and explain it.

5. How will you validate your findings/conclusions?

Jotted Note in class

• Describe the source of the instruments and describe why the use of that instrument.

• Aside from the dependent and independent variable, are there other variables like moderators or mediating variable in the research question if available? If yes, Identify them.

• For the prediction, you can select one or two and give reasons for using the particular prediction( Advantages and disadvantages)

• If primary data was used, answer 3.1 in the “ rubrics”. However, if a secondary data was used, answer 3.2 in the “ rubrics”

• Also, state plan B and C you intend to use in case Original plan A don’t work out. Please refer to the “ rubrics”