Read
what is asked. Capture what the article
says and then succinctly analyze it.
I obviously do not understand and need help with
this assignment; it has to be from Ebscohost or Proquest, so someone that has
access to an online library
The topic has to be management related preferably employee
compensation (I will get points taken off if it does not have something to do
with benefits, compensation methods, occupations, wages, etc…anything to do
with employee compensation.
Write
a short paper (450-600 words) that demonstrates a brief analysis of the
quantitative research article you selected. You are to write your paper in such
a way as to answer the questions/issues below. However, do not include the list
on your paper. Instead, let the items guide the content expressed in your
paper, which should be in typical paragraph form.
·State
the research problem or issue in the study.
·State
the hypothesis/questions or objectives. Were they stated clearly?
·What
questionnaires/survey instruments were used to answer the problem?
·What
was the population used in the study? Was there a sample used? If so, how was
the sample selected? How many were in the sample?
·What
were the statistical techniques (Examples: mean, median, mode, ANOVA, MANOVA,
regression analysis, etc.) used to analyze the data?
Assignment Instructions
OVERVIEW:
This assignment uses a similar strategy to the
assignment in week one, except that it focuses on quantitative research. You will find another article related to
your topic of interest (same topic as
week one—do not change topics – employee
compensation). Use the library and the same essential process that was
described last week, including the preparation of a 450-600 word paper to
submit along with the article that you find (upload 2 documents: your submittal
and source document).
Consult the rubric associated with weekly
assignments to see the grading criteria. NOTE:
SELECT AN ARTICLE THAT WAS PUBLISHED WITHIN THE LAST TEN YEARS. Avoid articles
that contain qualitative research.
DETAILS:
1. Using the same topic you selected in week one (Employee Compensation), and utilizing
a similar research strategy in the online library, find a journal article that
presents quantitative scholarly research associated with your topic. Remember that scholarly research involves
solving problems. If your article does not use quantitative methodology then
you do not have an appropriate research article. For the purposes of this
assignment you want to intentionally find a research article that contains
quantitative methodology. Consult the Creswell textbook for assistance. Save the article to your computer to have
as a reference and also to attach to the professor when your paper is
completed.
2.
Write a short paper (450-600 words) that demonstrates a brief analysis of the
quantitative research article you selected. You are to write your paper in such
a way as to answer the questions/issues below. However, do not include the list
on your paper. Instead, let the items guide the content expressed in your
paper, which should be in typical paragraph form.
·State
the research problem or issue in the study.
·State
the hypothesis/questions or objectives. Were they stated clearly?
·What
questionnaires/survey instruments were used to answer the problem?
·What
was the population used in the study? Was there a sample used? If so, how was
the sample selected? How many were in the sample?
·What
were the statistical techniques (Examples: mean, median, mode, ANOVA, MANOVA,
regression analysis, etc.) used to analyze the data?
Further assignment instructions:
Helpful Hint: Avid research skills need to be
applied in this exercise. In Proquest or Ebsco, make the “Advanced Search”
do the work for you. Utilize all three boxes in the search window. For example,
if you are trying to identify a scholarly journal with the topic of leadership
that has hypotheses or questions identified, then in the first search box use
the key word “leadership” in the next search box use the key word
“hypotheses” and the last search box use the key word “research
question.” You also may want to do
a search and change one of the key words to “quantitative” that
produce an article that reports a quantitative study that may have hypotheses
and/or research questions associated with the study.
REMEMBER to check the “Scholarly Journal”
box and the “Full-text” box. Also, viewing the article in the PDF
version will allow a better viewing of the model in its entirety.
4. Utilize the APA Helps in the Resources area to
help you present your brief paper in APA
format, which means that you need to write a Title Page and References Page
separate from the body of the text of the paper (no abstract or author note are
needed). On this assignment you should write the publication information about
your article on the References Page and then also cite the source in the body
of the paper when you are stating facts.
NOTE: Do not use macros or automatic referencing in
your papers for this course. The auto features usually cause unforeseen
problems in format. Plus, part of this course involves the student’s
acquisition of the essentials of the APA style format
5. Upload your paper (.doc) along with the article (.pdf)
you reviewed in the assignment section for grading. The paper needs to be in
word format and the article saved in PDF format.