{"id":3160,"date":"2023-02-20T04:13:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T04:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/mgmt-650-statistics-for-managerial-decision-making-critical-review\/"},"modified":"2023-02-20T04:13:43","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T04:13:43","slug":"mgmt-650-statistics-for-managerial-decision-making-critical-review","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/mgmt-650-statistics-for-managerial-decision-making-critical-review\/","title":{"rendered":"MGMT 650- Statistics for Managerial Decision Making Critical Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"col-sm-12 messageContent\"><b>Learning Goal: <\/b>I&#8217;m working on a statistics discussion question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.<\/p>\n<p>Mastery of statistics involves not only the ability to generate sound statistical data and analysis, but also the ability to critically evaluate the statistical analysis of others. This is the focus of the assignment. A critique is not a summary or a simple retelling of the major findings in a research article. It also assesses how well the researcher carries out the research process.<\/p>\n<p>The article for this assignment is provided (ATTACHED). Read through this outline carefully. Follow the provided format.<\/p>\n<p>Organization of Your Paper<\/p>\n<p><u><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Your final report should be organized with the following sections and subsections:<\/p>\n<p><u><\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Title page<\/li>\n<li>Summary\n<ul>\n<li>Research Topic\n<ul>\n<li>What question is the researcher trying to answer?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Research Methodology\n<ul>\n<li>Briefly answer the who, what, where, when, and how.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Major Conclusions\n<ul>\n<li>Include author\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s recommendations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Critique\n<ul>\n<li>Purpose\n<ul>\n<li>Is the research problem clearly stated?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Literature Review\n<ul>\n<li>Is the review logically organized?<\/li>\n<li>Is the majority of the literature of recent?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Hypotheses\n<ul>\n<li>What are the hypotheses?<\/li>\n<li>Are they clearly stated?<\/li>\n<li>Are they consistent with discussion in the literature review?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ethical Standards\n<ul>\n<li>Were the participants fully informed about the nature of the research?<\/li>\n<li>How was confidentiality guaranteed?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Operational Definitions\n<ul>\n<li>Are all terms, theories, and concepts used in the study clearly defined?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Methodology\n<ul>\n<li>Describe the instruments used to produce the data.<\/li>\n<li>How was the validity, reliability, consistency of the instruments determined?<\/li>\n<li>Was a pilot study undertaken?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Data Analysis\/Results\n<ul>\n<li>What 4 statistical procedures were used? What do they do? Which hypotheses did they applied to?<\/li>\n<li>What were the significant findings?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Discussion\n<ul>\n<li>Are the findings linked back to the literature review?<\/li>\n<li>How well was each hypothesis supported?<\/li>\n<li>Discuss limitation of the study regarding generalizability.<\/li>\n<li>What were the recommendations for future research?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>References\n<ul>\n<li>Were all the references accurate?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Conclusion\n<ul>\n<li>Considering all of the evaluation categories, is the research well or poorly researched?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional Writing Requirements<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Submit your paper as a Word document. No PDF files.<\/li>\n<li>Include your name in the filename<\/li>\n<li>No running head<\/li>\n<li>Title page per APA 7th Ed.<\/li>\n<li>All pages numbered<\/li>\n<li>Summary and Critique 5 to 8 pages<\/li>\n<li>Double spaced<\/li>\n<li>Left margin aligned and right margin ragged<\/li>\n<li>Use 12-point Times New Roman font and 1-inch margins<\/li>\n<li>Use section Headings and subheadings<\/li>\n<li>Headings per APA 7th Ed.<\/li>\n<li>Check Spelling, grammar, and punctuation<\/li>\n<li>Correct capitalization<\/li>\n<li>No contractions<\/li>\n<li>No missing or extra words &#8211; Read it again<\/li>\n<li>No run-on sentences<\/li>\n<li>No quotes, do paraphrase<\/li>\n<li>Avoid the use of first-person pronouns such as I, we, me, us<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>REFERENCES<\/p>\n<p>Overview of statistics:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/overview\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/overview\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Drawing a Histogram:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/the-histogram\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/the-histogram\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stem-and-Leaf Displays<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/graphing-data\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/graphing-data\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Relative Frequency distributions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/frequency-distributions-for-quantitative-data\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/frequency-distributions-for-quantitative-data\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The mean<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/central-tendency\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/central-tendency\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Range. Variance, and Standard deviation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/describing-variability\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/describing-variability\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fundamentals of Probability<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/what-are-the-chances\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/what-are-the-chances\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Addition Rule and the Multiplication rule<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/probability-rules\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/probability-rules\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Continuous Probability Distributions, The Normal Distribution<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/the-normal-curve\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/the-normal-curve\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Binomial Probability distributions<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/the-binomial-random-variable\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/the-binomial-random-variable\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Random Sampling<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/populations-and-samples\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/populations-and-samples\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Expected Value and Standard Error, and Using the Normal Curve<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/errors-in-sampling\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/errors-in-sampling\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Confidence Intervals<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/confidence-intervals\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/confidence-intervals\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hypothesis Testing One Sample<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/hypothesis-testing-one-sample\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/hypothesis-testing-one-sample\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hypothesis Testing Two Samples<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/hypothesis-testing-two-samples\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/hypothesis-testing-two-samples\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>One-Way ANOVA<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/one-way-anova\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/one-way-anova<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/one-way-anova\/\"><\/a>The Chi-Squared Test<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/the-chi-squared-test\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statis&#8230;<br \/><\/a>Correlation<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/correlation\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statis&#8230;<\/a><br \/>Regression<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/regression\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statis&#8230;<\/a><br \/>The Equation of a Line<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statistics\/chapter\/graphing-data\/\">https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/boundless-statis&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Requirements: 6 pages<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning Goal: I&#8217;m working on a statistics discussion question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn. 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