This is your chance to put all your newfound skills to use! During the term you have conversed with your peers and Instructor about your course project. This week, you will be pulling together the benefit of all the peer and Instructor feedback you have received to analyze, summarize, and present the findings of your Final Project.
Learning Objectives
Students will:
Identify the appropriate statistical test to answer a research question
Apply statistical tests to answer a research question
Analyze statistical results for a lay audience
Learning Resources
Required Readings
Document: Final Project Guidelines (PDF)
Document: Final Project Template (Word document)
Datasets
In this course, your instructor will provide you with one dataset (Guided Sample Dataset: Statistics Anxiety) that will be used in several of the tutorial videos. You are encouraged to reproduce the analyses performed in the video using this dataset so you can compare your answers and check your understanding of how to do each analysis in SPSS. You will also be provided with three large datasets for you to use in application of the statistics you're learning each week. The Statistics Anxiety dataset is not for use in your weekly Assignments. Your instructor may also recommend using a different dataset from the ones we have provided here, which is fine. Your instructor will share these datasets in the Doc Sharing section of the classroom and as an Announcement.
In this course, your instructor will provide you with one dataset (Guided Sample Dataset: Statistics Anxiety) that will be used in several of the tutorial videos. You are encouraged to reproduce the analyses performed in the video using this dataset so you can compare your answers and check your understanding of how to do each analysis in SPSS. You will also be provided with three large datasets for you to use in application of the statistics you're learning each week. The Statistics Anxiety dataset is not for use in your weekly Assignments. Your instructor may also recommend using a different dataset from the ones we have provided here, which is fine. Your instructor will share these datasets in the Doc Sharing section of the classroom and as an Announcement.
Required Media
Laureate Education (Producer). (2017g). Final project guidance [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 2 minutes 45 seconds.
This video describes the next steps you should take upon completion of the course and explains how best to apply your learning to your Capstone Project or dissertation. It also describes technology options available to you for completing the presentation portion of your Final Project.
Accessible player
Laureate Education (Producer). (2017t). Voices from the field [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Please take some time to enjoy these Voices from the Field videos featuring recent Walden graduates who are sharing their experiences and advice. All of these graduates have taken at least some of the research methods courses. These videos are meant to help guide you into your research study. Their designs will vary, so watch the videos for motivation and helpful suggestions before you start your doctoral capstone.
Collaboration Lab: Final Project
Important Note: This Collaboration Lab began in Week 10 and will continue through this week, allowing you to continue discussions about your Final Project.
Collaboration Labs are offered throughout the course as places of academic refuge, where you can ask questions, offer insights, and interact with the Instructor as they provide global feedback to the group based on trends, common problems, and common strengths in student posts.
As a peer, you are also encouraged to provide constructive, helpful feedback to your peers. Data analysts always benefit from the feedback of others. Your Collaboration Labs posts may be procedural (“How do I get the answer using the SPSS software?”), conceptual (“How does this relate to the other tests we have learned?”), or analytical (“What do my calculations actually mean in the context of my research question?”).
Although not mandatory, this is an opportunity to interact and practice as you navigate the assignments, so you are highly encouraged to take part in this activity. Full participation in activities like these is a statistically significant predictor of success.
To participate in this Collaboration Lab:
Weeks 10 and 11 Collaboration Lab
Discussion: Final Project Presentations
Use this Discussion area to post and respond to the Kaltura-created videos required for the Final Project. Remember that you must respond to at least one peer’s video, providing constructive comments on the strengths of their Final Project, as well as identifying ways to strengthen their work. Remember, your goal will be to provide constructive and helpful feedback, so please be polite.
For more information about how to create Kaltura videos, please refer to Kaltura Media Uploader link on the course navigation menu. Note that your presentation and required peer responses count as part of your Final Project grade.
By Day 5
Post a 5- to 7-minute video, using the Kaltura tool or a narrated PowerPoint presentation in which you present the results of your Final Project for a lay statistical audience.
By Day 7
Respond to at least one of your peers’ video presentations.
Submission and Grading Information
Grading Criteria
To access your rubric:
Week 11 Discussion Rubric
Post by Day 5 and Respond by Day 7
To participate in this Discussion:
Week 11 Discussion
Project: Final Project
By Week 10, you should have begun your work on the Final Project in earnest. Refer to the Final Project Guidelines and Final Project Template documents in the Learning Resources, as well as the Final Project assignment in Week 10, for more information.
By Day 5
Submit your Final Project.
Submission and Grading Information
To submit your completed Project for review and grading, do the following:
Please save your Project using the naming convention “WK11Proj+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.
Click the Week 11 Final Project Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Project.
Click the Week 11 Project link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK11Proj+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.
If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.
Grading Criteria
To access your rubric:
Week 11 Final Project Rubric
Check Your Project Draft for Authenticity
To check your Project draft for authenticity:
Submit your Week 11 Project draft and review the originality report.
Submit Your Project by Day 5
To submit your Project:
Week 11 Project
Week in Review
This week you identified appropriate statistical test to answer a research question, analyzed statistical results for a lay audience, and applied statistical tests to answer a research question.
Congratulations! After you have finished all of the assignments for this week, you have completed the course. Please submit your Course Evaluation by Day 7.
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