{"id":558,"date":"2018-10-19T21:46:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-20T04:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/?p=558"},"modified":"2018-10-20T10:36:58","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T17:36:58","slug":"unit-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/unit-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Unit 5 – Quantitative Research Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part A<\/p>\n

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Plano Clark and Creswell (2015)<\/p><\/div>\n

For this week’s blog post and analysis, I chose a different article.<\/p>\n

Hunter, E. M., Neubert, M. J., Perry, S. J., Witt, L. A., Penny, L. M., & Weinberger, E. (2013). Servant leaders inspire servant followers: Antecedents and outcomes for employees and the organization.\u00a0Leadership Quarterly, 24<\/em>(2), 316-331.<\/p>\n

The link to the article is here<\/a><\/p>\n

Evaluation of the Research Design:<\/p>\n

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Plano Clark and Creswell (2015)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Part B<\/p>\n

Evaluation of the Participants and Data Collection Procedures<\/p>\n

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Plano Clark and Creswell (2015)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Part C<\/p>\n

Evaluation of the Data Analysis and Results<\/p>\n

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Plano Clark and Creswell (2015)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Part D<\/p>\n

As a consumer of research reports, the most important aspects I need to consider in the methods and results section of a high quality quantitative research report are:<\/p>\n

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  • Asking whether or not the selection of participants, the data collection and data analysis procedures are rigorous and if they fit the study’s design purpose. (Plano Clark & Creswell, 2015)<\/li>\n
  • Asking whether or not the participants have been treated ethically<\/li>\n
  • Asking whether or not the sample of participants is large enough<\/li>\n
  • Asking whether the results provide an explanation to the problem(s) being researched<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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    I find the analysis of data and the tables in quantitative reports difficult to interpret. This is most likely due to the fact that I have never taken statistics and majored in the Arts as opposed to Science. I don’t have any experience with the reading or analyzing of them other than what I have read in Plano Clark and Creswell \u00a0(2015) and what has been discussed during this course. It is like trying to learn a whole different language to be honest! I struggled with interpreting the data presented in my article and trying to determine whether or not the data collected met the criteria for a high quality research report or not. The data made my head spin and I had to keep pushing myself to go back and examine it while referring continuously to Plano Clark and Creswell (2015) to try and break it down.<\/p>\n

    I can apply this knowledge to my current leadership experience if I ever wish to examine in more detail statistical data collected on specific educational questions that require an explanation.<\/p>\n

    Question for the Group:\u00a0<\/strong> Out of curiosity, and this may seem like a silly question, but how much do you think your current position and your background education play into your preference for either Quantitative or Qualitative research? Do you think either of those things even play a role or is it solely dependent upon what you are currently trying to achieve (either an explanation or further exploration)?<\/p>\n

    Please note that all tables used in this blog post have been referenced from Plano Clark and Creswell (2015).<\/strong><\/p>\n

    References<\/p>\n

    Hunter, E. M., Neubert, M. J., Perry, S. J., Witt, L. A., Penny, L. M., & Weinberger, E. (2013). Servant leaders inspire servant followers: Antecedents and outcomes for employees and the organization.\u00a0Leadership Quarterly, 24<\/em>(2), 316-331.<\/p>\n

    Plano-Clark, V. & Creswell, J. (2015). Understanding research: A consumer\u2019s guide<\/em>. (2nd Ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson.<\/p>\n

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    Part A For this week’s blog post and analysis, I chose a different article. Hunter, E. M., Neubert, M. J., Perry, S. J., Witt, L. A., Penny, L. M., & Weinberger, E. (2013). Servant leaders inspire servant followers: Antecedents and outcomes for employees and the organization.\u00a0Leadership Quarterly, 24(2), 316-331. The link to the article is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ldrs591","category-unit-5","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":570,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558\/revisions\/570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/awalkinthewoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}