a) Formulate an idea by reviewing the literature
b) Obtain, read, and critique relevant articles
c) Design the study
My thesis- you need to SKIM this for the assignment. Skip the section called "exploratory analyses."
d) Ethical considerations This is a two-part assignment
e) Collecting data
f) Entering data
- SPSS Tip Sheet 1- Building a database and cleaning raw data
- Cross-checking using Excel
g) Coding data
- Determining reliability or agreement between raters
h) Analyzing the data using SPSS
- SPSS Tip Sheet 2 - basic analyses (reliability, correlations, means and sds, skewness and kurtosis)
- SPSS Tip Sheet 3 - hypothesis testing (t-tests, anova, and basic regression)
- SPSS Tip Sheet 4- advanced regression (hierarchical and moderated, validating a regression line)
- Using Excel to plot regression interactions
i) Writing a scale
- SPSS Tip Sheet 5 - choosing items (item-total correlations, item variances, social desirability)
- SPSS Tip Sheet 6 - validating a scale (construct, content, criterion)
- rotation in factor analysis
- Brief IRT tutorial
j) Writing up the project in APA format
- Reference Section
- Tables
- Method Section
- Overall format and tips
k) Presenting the project as a poster
- Sample formats
- Tips for writing your poster
- Practicing your presentation