Useful Resources for Assignment 2 – Dissecting a Quantitative Research Report
For this assignment, the student must locate a recent manuscript from a peer-reviewed journal
that utilized the quantitative method. The student will identify the major components and discuss the purpose of each section: Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion. Next, each aspect of the report will be dissected by using the appropriate annotation and page number. The subcomponents to be identified is the problem of the study, the theoretical framework, the research questions, the population and sample, the tools for measurement, design and procedures, statistical procedures and findings. The student will provide a final discussion on the potential
limitations of the study.
Suggested resources:
Frey, B. (2018). Quantitative research methods. In The SAGE encyclopedia of educational research, measurement, and evaluation (Vols. 1-4). Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781506326139
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Get Started with Quantitative ResearchLibGuide to Quantitative Research
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The Seductions of Quantification
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ISBN: 9780226261140Publication Date: 2016-06-10As Merry shows, indicators are indeed seductive in their promise of providing concrete knowledge about how the world works, but they are implemented most successfully when paired with context-rich qualitative accounts grounded in local knowledge.
