Informatics Related – Literature Review Assignment
The purpose of this project is for
students to learn about both the tools used to find research studies and the
components and methods used for academic studies.
Instructions:
Focusing on a topic that would relate to
your future career, find an electronic version of a recently published study (2013 or newer) from a refereed academic
journal (peer-reviewed). Studies
older than 2013 will not be accepted.
You might, for example, find a study on
e-commerce, electronic media, network design, network robustness, changes in
media audiences, or organizational use of information.
For
each of the following, present the question in Bold and your answer in regular type. Once completed, post both your
assignment document and a copy of the study to the appropriate submit location
on Blackboard
Assignment
Tasks:
1.
Provide the citation for the
study here. 10 pts.
2.
What is the abstract of the
article? (This is usually a 200 word or
less article summary) 10 pts (this is
your only cut and paste answer)
3.
Was the study experimental or
non-experimental? Explain. 10 pts
4.
Was the research qualitative or
quantitative? Explain. 10 pts
5.
What was the population
studied? 5 pts
6.
What sample was used for this
study? 5 pts
7.
Method of measurement 10 pts
a.
If the research was
quantitative, was the measurement scale used, Nominal, Ordinal, Interval or
Ratio?
b.
If the research was
qualitative, what data was collected?
8.
Methods of analysis 10 pts
a.
If the research was quantitative,
what statistical tools were used to analyze the data?
b.
If the research was
qualitative, in what manner was the data analyzed?
9.
What was the conclusion of the
study? 10 pts
- Why is this
study useful to you? Explain in
detail. 10 pts
- What would
be the next logical step in extending this study? 10 pts
Note: To begin your search, I would recommend using Google
Scholar (http://scholar.google.com/schhp?hl=en) which is a
meta-search engine that assists researchers in locating relevant scholarly
literature from a variety of sources.
For Google Scholar to be most useful in accessing research articles you will want to specify Forsyth as your local library.
For Google Scholar to be most useful in accessing research articles you will want to specify Forsyth as your local library.
To do so:
Types of Nonexperimental Research
1-Survey or poll – draw the attitudes,
beliefs, and behavior of a population
2-Sample- a representative group is
questioned
3-Census – a
study of an entire population
Quantitative research - is research in which the results are presented as quantities or
numbers
Qualitative research - is research which the
results are trends or themes described in words.
Nominal Scale - This is thought of as the “naming” level.
Often uses words not numbers. Nominal data does not put participants in any
particular order.
Ordinal Scale - With this scale, subjects are ranked from high to low, but we do
not know how much they differ.
Interval –
With the interval scale measurements have equal distances between them.
Ratio – Measurements
also are on an interval scale, but a ratio measurement has an absolute zero
Sampling
In
many research studies, it is not feasible to do a census of the
entire population. To create useful information we draw an unbiased
sample that represents the population
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