Calculate descriptive statistics using excel including

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Homework: Social Science Paper

Description

For the homework, you will conduct a quantitative study that will include three parts: (i) Descriptive Statistics, (ii) Inferential Statistics, and (iii) Discussion of your findings.

You will choose a data set for this homework (See Step 1 - Excel Set Up)

To guide you in this homework, go through the 7 steps needed to complete the homework. You can access the 7 steps in this module and you can see the attched file for detial

• The 7 Steps provided in this module will give you the opportunity to submit a discussion post for Q&A and/or if you want me to review your work (this is optional)

Part I: Descriptive Statistics

Write a research question appropriate for descriptive statistics derived from the description of the dataset you chose (see Step 2)

Calculate descriptive statistics using Excel including: mean, standard deviation, variance, mode, & range (see Step 3)

A. Write your descriptive results in summary form including: mean, standard deviation, variance, mode, range, maximum and minimum (see Step 3)

Provide an interpretation of your descriptive findings (see Step 3)

Run a correlation between two variables providing the r-value (aka, correlation coefficient) for interpretation (ex. high positive linear correlation) (see Step 4)

B. Provide a scatterplot based on the two variables you ran in your correlation analysis (see Step 4)

Part II: Inferential Statistics

Write a research question appropriate for inferential statistics derived from the description of the dataset you chose (see Step 5)

State your steps for hypothesis testing including (see Step 6):

Null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis

A. Alpha level (state desired significance level/direction)

Calculate either an independent samples t-test (gender, age, etc.) OR a paired samples t-test (pulse 1 vs. pulse 2) in MS Excel. Choose One t-test (See Step 6)

Provide your results from the t-test (see Step 6)

D. Interpret the t-test findings (i.e., make a determination): Reject or retain the null hypothesis (see Step 6)

Part III: Discussion

A. Discuss the findings from your study (see Step 7).

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