Fundamentals of Quantitative Research Template
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Fundamentals of Quantitative Research Template

  • Complete the following University of Phoenix Fundamentals of Quantitative Researchtemplate.
  • Base your responses on at least four currentscholarly sources, of which two are articles from peer-reviewed journals.
  • Cite references used according to APA 6th edition. Include an APA-formatted reference list.
  • Insertyour reference list at the end of the document.
  • Select three published quantitative research studies in your field. One must be an experimental or a quasi-experimental study, one must be an expost facto study, and one must be a correlational study. Each of the three studies must be current in the field of study and published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Note.Do not use dissertations or articles used in previous assignments in this class.

  • Respondto thepromptsabout the following concepts as they apply to these studies. Limit your response of each item to 100 words.

Experimental or Quasi-Experimental Study

oHow the application of the designs differ

oThe sampling: rationale and techniques

oData collection techniques

oLevels of measurement of the variables

oTypes of statistics used to analyze the data and generate results

oInferences that can be drawn from the results

oSpecial considerations: validity, reliability, generalizability

Ex Post Facto Study

  • How the application of the designs differ
  • The sampling: rationale and techniques
  • Data collection techniques
  • Levels of measurement of the variables
  • Types of statistics used to analyze the data and generate results
  • Inferences that can be drawn from the results
  • Special considerations: validity, reliability, generalizability

Correlational Study

  • How the application of the designs differ
  • The sampling: rationale and techniques
  • Data collection techniques
  • Levels of measurement of the variables
  • Types of statistics used to analyze the data and generate results
  • Inferences that can be drawn from the results
  • Special considerations: validity, reliability, generalizability

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