Week 6

Required Resources
This page contains the Learning Resources for this week. Be sure to scroll down the page to see all of this week’s assigned Learning Resources. To access select required and optional media resources, please use the media players below.
• Course Text: Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics
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o Chapter 8, “Regression” (pp. 293-320)

Sections 8.1–8.4 provide an introduction to regression, including an explanation of how to do a simple regression on SPSS and how to interpret a simple regression.

• Handout: Journal Article Critique (Word document)

This handout explains the importance of scholarly critique and provides instructions for the journal article critique you will complete in this week’s Application 2 Assignment.

• Handout: Statistics Application Evaluation Criteria (Word document)

This handout will guide you in completing and submitting your multiple regression Application 1 Assignment for this week.

• Software: IBM SPSS Statistics Standard GradPack (current version). Available in Windows and Macintosh versions. Please refer to the IBM SPSS Software area on the left navigation bar for more information on how to install, register, and license this software.

You will use this software to complete this week’s Application 1 Assignment.
Media
• Video: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009o). Why critique research. Baltimore: Author.

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 9 minutes.

Dr. Gary Burkholder of Walden University explains the value of critiquing research at all stages of your academic career.
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Research Toolkit
Research Design
• Website: Web Center for Social Research Methods
https://www.socialresearchmethods.net

This website is for people involved in applied social research and evaluation. You will find several resources and links to other locations on the web that deal in applied social research methods.

• Website: Cengage Research Methods Workshops
https://www.wadsworth.com/psychology_d/templates/student_resources/workshops/resch_wrk.html

This website offers many useful workshop topics such as experimental methods, reliability and validity, surveys, sampling methods, ethical issues, and evaluating published research.
Statistics and SPSS
• Website: SPSS Solutions for Education: Student Resources
https://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/academic/students/resources.html
The SPSS student support site provides a knowledgebase and allows students to request assistance from SPSS Technical Support staff. Since this site is produced and maintained by the creators of the PASW software, it is the best place to go when you have a question about the software.

• Website: UCLA’s ‘What Statistical Analysis Should I Use?’ Table
https://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/mult_pkg/whatstat/default.htm

This statistics table shows general guidelines for choosing a statistical analysis, and links showing how to do such tests using SAS, Stata and PASW. This is a good place to go if you are not sure which statistical test would best answer the research question you have.

• Website: Cengage Statistics Workshops
https://www.wadsworth.com/psychology_d/templates/student_resources/workshops/stats_wrk.html

This website offers many useful workshop topics such as experimental methods, reliability and validity, surveys, sampling methods, ethical issues, and evaluating published research.
Optional Resources
• Text: Using Multivariate Statistics

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o Chapter 5, “Multiple Regression”

This chapter provides an alternative explanation of the multiple regression test with more statistical explanations.
• Text: Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

o Chapter 5, “Displaying Results”
Media
• Data Cleaning and Dealing with Assumptions (Adobe Captivate)

Dr. Jennifer Morrow explains the assumptions surrounding many of the tests you will study and explains ways that you can manage data that violates these assumptions. This Flash-based demonstration will open in a new window.

Click here to download a transcript of this demonstration.

• Video: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2009). Correlation and introduction to regression. Baltimore: Author.

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 24 minutes.

In this segment, which originally appeared in RSCH 8201, Dr. Jennifer Morrow explains the calculation of a linear multiple regression and provides an example of calculating a linear multiple regression using PASW.
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Application #1

PAPER DETAILS:

Multiple Regression
This week, you have learned how to use regression in research study. In this Application, you will perform a multiple regression analysis.
To prepare for this Application:
• Review Chapter 8 of the Field text for a description of the simple regression and an example of conducting a simple regression using PASW.
• Review Chapter 5 from the APA manual, “Displaying Results.”

• Review the media resources demonstrating the multiple regression..

The assignment:

Hi. Could you please attach the example in the text outlined on pp. 490–493

Complete Smart Alex’s Task #4 on p. 355 to perform a multiple regression analysis using the Supermodel.sav dataset from the Field text. You can follow the steps outlined on pp. 316–320 as a guide.
Report your findings in APA format according to the guidelines in the PASW Application Assignment Guidelines handout. The final document should be 2–3 pages long.

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