The practice of quantitative research not only involves statistical calculations and formulas but also involves the understanding of statistical techniques related to real-world applications. You might not become a quantitative researcher nor use statistical methods in your profession but as a consumer, citizen, and scholar-practitioner, it will be important for you to become a critical consumer of research, which will empower you to read, interpret, and evaluate the strength of claims made in scholarly material and daily news.
For this Assignment, you will critically evaluate a scholarly article related to ANCOVA.
Review the Article Critique Assignment Guide in the Walden Library, listed in the Week 2 Learning Resources.
Search the Walden Library for a quantitative article that applies ANCOVA.
Write a 2- to 3-page critique of the research you found in the Walden Library that includes responses to the following prompts:
Why did the authors select ANCOVA in the research?
Do you think this test was the most appropriate choice? Why or why not?
Did the authors display the results in a figure or table?
Does the results table stand alone? In other words, are you able to interpret the study from it? Why or why not?
For the Article Critique Assignment, you’ll need to do a literature review and locate a peer-reviewed published article that employs a Multiple Regression Analysis.
If needed, you can work with a Walden Librarian to find an article.
Your critique of the article must provide a clear, 2-page (for B-grade) to 3-page (for A-grade) critique of the article.
The critique must include detailed responses to all the prompts, below. Please write a response to each prompt in separate sections. Be sure to identify the sections in your paper.
Prompts:
(a) Why did the authors use Multiple Regression Analysis (MRA)?
(b) Was MRA an appropriate choice to address the research question(s) of the study,
(c) Were the tables and figures helpful visual displays of the results?
(d) To what extent are the results reported clearly; and do they stand alone – that is do they completely inform the reader of the results of the study?
Overall, the paper demonstrates an exceptional understanding of the test and its application.
Paper is well organized, uses scholarly tone, follows APA style, uses original writing and proper paraphrasing, contains very few or no writing and/or spelling errors, and is fully consistent with graduate-level writing style. Paper contains multiple, appropriate, and exemplary sources expected/required for the assignment.
