Find a research article in any peer reviewed social science journal. Choose an article on a subject of interest to you (article should include statistical analysis). Do not worry about being able to understand all the statistics that are reported.
- How much of the article is devoted to statistics (as distinct from theory, ideas, discussion, and so on)?
- Is the research based on a sample from some population? How large is the sample? How were subjects or cases selected? Can the findings be generalized to the population?
- What variables are used? Which are independent and which are dependent? For each variable, determine the level of measurement and whether the variable is discreet or continuous.
Please write down the answers to these questions briefly at the end of the article and bring the article to class on October 10.
