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  1. PDF Chapter 4: Analysis and Interpretation of Results

    chapter, data is interpreted in a descriptive form. This chapter comprises the analysis, presentation and interpretation of the findings resulting from this study. The analysis and interpretation of data is carried out in two phases. The first part, which is based on the results of the questionnaire, deals with a quantitative analysis of data.

  2. PDF Quantitative Research Dissertation Chapters 4 and 5 (Suggested Content

    For statistical modeling purposes, responses were recoded into one of three categories: negative reputation (score of 1, 2, or 3; about 18.5% of respondents), positive reputation (score of 4 or 5; about 24.8% of respondents), and no reputation (score of 6; about 56.7% of respondents).". Example 2. This example shows how one explains reverse ...

  3. PDF Writing Chapters 4 & 5 of the Research Study

    Present Demographics. Present the descriptive data: explaining the age, gender, or relevant related information on the population (describe the sample). Summarize the demographics of the sample, and present in a table format after the narration (Simon, 2006). Otherwise, the table is included as an Appendix and referred to in the narrative of ...

  4. Chapter Four Data Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation 4.0

    PDF | On Feb 19, 2020, Teddy Kinyongo published CHAPTER FOUR DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 4.0 Introduction | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

  5. Dissertation Results/Findings Chapter (Quantitative)

    The results chapter (also referred to as the findings or analysis chapter) is one of the most important chapters of your dissertation or thesis because it shows the reader what you've found in terms of the quantitative data you've collected. It presents the data using a clear text narrative, supported by tables, graphs and charts.

  6. Chapter 4 Descriptive Analysis

    Chapter 4. Descriptive Analysis. The goal of descriptive analysis is to describe or summarize a set of data. Whenever you get a new dataset to examine, this is the first analysis you will perform. In fact, if you never summarize the data, it's not a data analysis. Descriptive Analysis summarizes the dataset.

  7. Chapter 4 Considerations

    Descriptive statistics; In quantitative research, when presenting important results. Consult APA to ensure that you use the appropriate format for tables, charts, and figures. You will want to consider what information goes in an appendix as opposed to in the body of the chapter.

  8. PDF Descriptive analysis in education: A guide for researchers

    Chapter 3. Conducting Descriptive Analysis. Focuses on the specific components of description— including the research question, constructs, measur es, samples, and methods of distillation and anal-ysis—that are of primary importance when designing and conducting effective descriptive research. Chapter 4. Communicating Descriptive Analysis.

  9. PDF Writing a Dissertation's Chapter 4 and 5 1 By Dr. Kimberly Blum Rita

    Writing a Dissertation's Chapter 4 and 5 2 Definition of Chapter Four and Five Chapter four of a dissertation presents the findings from the data gathered by the researcher. The nature of the design determines the presentation of the data. For example, one student's "purpose of this quantitative correlational study was to determine the

  10. The Elements of Chapter 4

    Chapter 4. What needs to be included in the chapter? The topics below are typically included in this chapter, and often in this order (check with your Chair): Introduction. Remind the reader what your research questions were. In a qualitative study you will restate the research questions. In a quantitative study you will present the hypotheses.

  11. PDF CHAPTER 4 Data analysis and discussion

    4.1 INTRODUCTION. This chapter presents the data and a discussion of the findings. A quantitative, descriptive survey design was used to collect data from subjects. Two questionnaires, one for diabetic patients and the other for family members of diabetic patients, were administered to subjects by the researcher personally.

  12. PDF CHAPTER 4 Research design and methodology

    4.1.1 Introduction. Every type of empirical research has implicit, if not explicit, research design. In the most elementary sense, the design is a logical sequence that connects empirical data to a study's initial research questions and ultimately, to its conclusions. In a sense the research design is a blueprint of research, dealing with at ...

  13. PDF Chapter 4 Quantitative Summary of Research Findings

    4.1 General Approach The approach applied in this chapter yields an overall estimate of expected out-comes at a given school size. As such the approach can be considered a type of meta-analysis. However, common meta-analysis methods cannot be applied when dealing with research on the effects of school size. The main reason for this is that

  14. PDF CHAPTER 4 Quantitative and Qualitative Research

    Learning Objectives for Chapter 4. Upon completion of this chapter, the reader should be able to: Understand the differences between quantitative and qualitative research, including: d. the differing assumptions underlying the two approaches; d. the methods typical of each approach; and. d Understand and discuss how these two approaches to ...

  15. How to write Chapter 4 Discussion Quantitative Study

    How to write Chapter 4 Discussion Quantitative Study | Simple Correlation (Part 1)With review on how to write Chapter 3 Results

  16. 12 Quantitative Descriptive and Correlational Research

    This chapter presents research designs for descriptive and correlational quantitative research. Descriptive research designs are used to address the question "What is x?" Correlational research designs are used to address the question "How are things related?" In contrast to some experimental research designs, in these design types the ...

  17. Dissertation Chapter 4: Results

    Enter, code and clean data: The first step in creating a results chapter is to import your data from Excel to SPSS. (We also use stat-transfer if the data is in another form). Once the data is in SPSS, the variables must be labeled and the levels of the variables assigned (e.g., male=1, female=2). The data cleaning typically entails screening ...

  18. A Practical Guide to Writing Quantitative and Qualitative Research

    INTRODUCTION. Scientific research is usually initiated by posing evidenced-based research questions which are then explicitly restated as hypotheses.1,2 The hypotheses provide directions to guide the study, solutions, explanations, and expected results.3,4 Both research questions and hypotheses are essentially formulated based on conventional theories and real-world processes, which allow the ...

  19. PDF Chapter 4 DATA ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH FINDINGS

    4.1 INTRODUCTION. This chapter describes the analysis of data followed by a discussion of the research findings. The findings relate to the research questions that guided the study. Data were analyzed to identify, describe and explore the relationship between death anxiety and death attitudes of nurses in a private acute care hospital and to ...

  20. Module 4 Chapter 2: Working With Quantitative Descriptive Data

    Module 4 Chapter 2: Working With Quantitative Descriptive Data. Prior modules introduced quantitative approaches and methods, including study design and data collection methods. This chapter examines what investigators do with collected quantitative data to begin answering their research questions. As you work your way through the contents of ...

  21. CHAPTER 4 Research Methodology and Design

    While quantitative research presents statistical results represented by numerical or statistical data, qualitative research Chapter 4: Research methodology and design 303 presents data as descriptive narration with words and attempts to understand phenomena in "natural settings".

  22. Quantitative analysis: Descriptive statistics

    Numeric data collected in a research project can be analysed quantitatively using statistical tools in two different ways. Descriptive analysis refers to statistically describing, aggregating, and presenting the constructs of interest or associations between these constructs.Inferential analysis refers to the statistical testing of hypotheses (theory testing).

  23. PDF Chapter 4-Quantitative Results and Discussion

    Chapter 4-Quantitative Results and Discussion 4.1. Introduction In the previous chapter, the research design used in this study was described in detail. This included both the quantitative data collection involving the two questionnaires: BALLI and ... The first section of this chapter will present the descriptive statistics and factor analysis

  24. PDF Microsoft Word

    Figure 4.21 indicates the frequency of respondents' exposure to typing skills computer packages; namely 32 (26.9%) never, 72 (60.5%) monthly, 11 (9.2%) weekly, and 4 (3.4%) daily. The median score was 2.0 (monthly). Most of the respondents (73.1%) had been exposed monthly or more frequently.

  25. Week 4

    Week 4 - Quantitative Research 9 Internal validity - whether an experimental treatment was the sole cause of changes in a dependent variable External validity - ability of an experiment to generalise beyond the experiment data to other subjects or groups in the population under study 1. Select and implement an experimental design - there are many experimental designs avaliable such as the ...