Assignment 1: Research Guidelines
Complete the following assignment by filling in all pertinent areas of research. You will need to utilize
SPSS for this assignment. You may complete this assignment using the variables and topic which you
have chosen for your Final Portfolio Project. You will then be able to follow this as a guide as well as a
check-point with your instructor. It is essential that you read through all of the feedback regardless of
your score. You will be required to submit an SPSS output file with this assignment for credit. However,
you must copy and paste all relevant output data into this document for credit. Throughout the
assignment you will see places where your tables, charts, and graphs can be placed.
You may need to go back through the document to address formatting issues that may shift as you begin
to input your data. Points will be deducted for sloppiness. Please treat this as a professional outline
used for a proposal. Use a different, but legible, color font for your responses.
This assignment is to completed and submitted no later than the Sunday of week 3 by 11:55pm ET. This
assignment is worth 60 points. Save the word file as follows [your last name_SOCI332_A1] and submit it
to the dropbox for feedback.
(A) My Purpose
To see what [enter sample information] __________________________ think about [enter your
topic] _________________________.
(B) All About My Sample
1. Who are the participants: _____________________________________________________
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2. Who is funding the research? ___________________________________________________
3. When was my data collected? __________________________________________________
4. How was my data collected? ___________________________________________________
5. Who do my participants represent? Who is the population? __________________________
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(C) Variables
IV Question (as asked to the respondent verbatim)- __________________________________________
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Answer categories: _____________________________________________________________________
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DV Question (as asked to the respondent verbatim)- __________________________________________
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Answer categories: _____________________________________________________________________
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_____________________________________________________________________________________ IV Code: _______________________________ Level of Measurement: __________________________
DV Code: ______________________________ Level of Measurement: __________________________
(D) Graphs and Charts
Run the appropriate graphs/charts for each of your variables listed above. Summarize your findings
briefly in a paragraph or two. Be sure to include a title on each of your charts and other pertinent labels
you feel are required.
[Paste graphs/charts here] (E) Frequency Tables
Run frequencies for each variable listed above. Summarize your findings in a paragraph or two below.
Be sure to copy your tables over into this document. [Copy Frequency Tables here]
(F) Choose two of the following techniques:
Running measures of central tendency and dispersion
Recoding
Index construction
Then use the techniques you chose to investigate the issue/topic you are considering in more
depth. Summarize your findings and copy/paste all relevant output data here in this file.
(G) Crosstabulation Table
Outline a research hypothesis regarding your variables. List below:
Hypothesis: ___________________________________________________________________________
Create a crosstabulation table with the variables that you have chosen. Be sure that you have all
percentages that you need to properly present a detailed overview of your bivariate analysis.
Your DV, _________________________, will go into the ROW.
Your IV, _________________________, will go into the COLUMN.
[Paste crosstabulation table here]
Present your findings here in a paragraph or two. As part of it, address whether your hypothesis is
correct. Compute the epsilon and explain.
