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Statistical Data Analysis Assignment

   

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Running head: SOCIAL RESEARCH Social ResearchName of the Student Name of the University Author’s Note

1SOCIAL RESEARCH Table of Contents 1. Brief overview of the method:.....................................................................................................22. The strengths and weaknesses of the method in its application to a research question...............43. Descriptive, reflective and critical components of the methods:.................................................6Reference List:.................................................................................................................................9

2SOCIAL RESEARCH 1. Brief overview of the method: Different eminent scholars have provided numerous opinions about various aspects ofstatistical analysis. From the perspectives of business intelligence (BI), statistical analysis is theform of evaluating collected data gathered from the respondents (Johnson and Wichern 2014).This particular form of data analysis helps to scrutinize necessary data that is collected fromdifferent reliable resources. The primary purpose of making statistical analysis lies on five majorfactors that are as follows:To describe the nature of data and evaluate its importance in the current scenarioTo understand the relation of data with the underlying respondents To create models as well as graphical representations in order to make the people understandabout the significance of research issue at a glance To prove the validity and reliability of response that is collected by maintaining a properdatabase To maintain the accuracy of data The primary goal and objective of statistical data analysis is to evaluate the entiredatabase based on the response collected from various participants. In this very specific study theresearch question includes “what is the effect of alcohol use on academic performance amongpostgraduate students in western Sydney University?” In order to acquire necessary knowledgeand overview on the very specific topic the researcher needs to involve respondents. Byconducting both qualitative and quantitative data analysis the response of the participants can begathered. With the help of forming different questionnaires the researcher can gather data fromthe students of post graduate for collecting their own point of view (Busk and Marascuilo 2015).

3SOCIAL RESEARCH The professors of different Universities can also be involved for making an effective interview sothat they can provide their opinion. After collecting necessary data and information fromdifferent participants the researcher likes to use various statistical tools such as SPSS analysis,Regression analysis and hypothesis testing and so on. As a result, the researcher is successful toanalyze the data accurately with the help of those statistical tools (Hayes and Preacher 2014). Inaddition, statistical data analysis enables the researcher and participants for making a face-to-face communication. While gathering an immediate feedback regarding research issue aninterpersonal communication is highly effective. With the help of an effective interpersonalcommunication, the researcher is able to collect numerous additional information from therespondents (Murphy, Myors and Wolach 2014). As a result, data can be evaluated in a betterway. However, this very specific study focuses to make detailed evaluation on the variousaspects of statistical analysis. Different strengths and weakness of statistical analysis has alsobeen presented in this very specific study. On the other hand, Tang and Zhang (2013) stated that is not appropriate for dealing withany kind of research issue. Respondents intend to give biased data and information that ultimatedamage the relevance of entire research process. However, thematic analysis is one of the mostpopular forms of secondary analysis. Large number of researchers while analyzing data andinformation from various secondary resources tend to use thematic analysis. One of the mostrecognizable features of thematic analysis is flexible theoretical frameworks. After identifyingthe research issue the researcher intends to focus on choosing relevant articles and onlinewebsites (Nanda, Cheifetz and Moss 2013). Numerous eminent scholars express their own pointof view regarding the research issue by making several themes. The research question for thisvery specific study includes “what is the effect of alcohol use on academic performance among

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