RES 861 Grand Canyon Week 5 Assignment

RES 861 Grand Canyon Week 5 Assignment

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RES 861 Grand Canyon Week 5 Assignment

Literature Review: Body

Details:

In the previous
assignment, you created an outline of the literature review (Chapter 2) for
your dissertation. The next step is to draft the body of the literature review.
The body of the literature review is its primary segment. It is here that the actual
review of the literature takes place. In this assignment, you will construct a
draft of the body of the literature review (Chapter 2) for your proposal and
dissertation.

General Requirements:

Use the
following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

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Refer
to the most recent dissertation prospectus template in the DC (dc.gcu.edu) for
details and criteria for the literature review (Chapter 2).

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Instructors
will be using a grading rubric to grade the assignments. It is recommended that
learners review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment in order to become
familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion
of the assignment.

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Doctoral
learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA
Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.

Directions:

Prepare a draft
literature review (Chapter 2) of 1,750-2,000 words for your dissertation. You
will not address all of the themes in your outline in this assignment.

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Select
two of the major themes from the outline of your dissertation literature review
that you created in the previous assignment.

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For
each major theme, identify at least three empirical or scholarly articles (six
articles total) related to the theme.

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For
each empirical article, state the article title, the author, the research
question(s), the research sample, the research methodology, the gaps in the
study (what questions does the study raise?), and the research findings of the
study. For scholarly, non-empirical articles, state the article title and
author, and provide a brief contextual summary of the article.

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Identify
at least three sub-themes that relate to each theme (six sub-themes total).

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Identify
at least three empirical or scholarly articles related to each sub-theme (18
articles total).At least one article must demonstrate a quantitative
methodology.

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For
each empirical article, state the research question(s), the research sample,
the research methodology, the gaps in the study (what questions does the study
raise?), and the research findings of the study. For scholarly, non-empirical
articles, state the article title and author, and provide a brief contextual summary
of the article.

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Select
one of the quantitative empirical articles used in the sub-themes section of
this assignment and identify the following elements:

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Alternative
and null hypotheses associated with the research question.

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Sampling
method (How were the participants recruited?).

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Variables
and the type of scale for each variable.

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Inferential
statistical tests for hypothesis testing (used to determine if the null
hypothesis is retained or rejected).

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Level
of significance set by the researcher to test the hypothesis.

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Results
of the statistical tests performed (Was the result of each statistical test
significant or not?).

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Descriptive
statistics for the sample or the data (mean, median, etc.).

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Procedures
taken to ensure reliability and validity of the data.

Write
statements that synthesize the three studies of each sub-theme based on the
information you stated above. You will write six synthesis statements.