Choosing the source of your data helps to ensure adequate transitions from data to information to knowledge.
To prepare:
Review the data sets (attached).
Select one of the two data sets provided in this week’s Learning Resources for your Scholar-Practitioner Project
After reviewing the data set, select the research topic of your project
Find at least two recent peer reviewed articles (published within the last 5 years) that discuss your research topic and indicate:
If they used secondary data or collected primary data.
What variables (dependent, independent, covariates, confounding) where included in that study, and
What was the major finding of that study?
Assignment:
1. Select one of the four data sets provided in this week’s Learning Resources for your Scholar-Practitioner Project.
2. Include a brief description of the research topic of your project.
3. Find at least two recent peer reviewed articles (published within the last 5 years) that discuss your research topic and indicate:
-If they used secondary data or collected primary data.
-What variables (dependent, independent, covariates, confounding) where included in that study, and
-What was the major finding of that study?