For this Assignment, you will continue your practice as a critical consumer of research. You will critically evaluate a scholarly article related to multiple regression.

To prepare for this Assignment:

• Use the Course Guide and Assignment Help found in this weeks Learning Resources and search for a quantitative article that includes multiple regression testing. Also, you can use as guide the Research Design Alignment Table located in this weeks Learning Resources.

For this Assignment:

Write a 3- to 5-paragraphs critique of the article (2 to 3 pages). In your critique, include responses to the following:

• Why did the authors use multiple regression?
• Do you think its the most appropriate choice? Why or why not?
• Did the authors display the data?
• Do the results stand alone? Why or why not?
• Did the authors report effect size? If yes, is this meaningful?

Learning Resources

Required Readings

Frankfort-Nachmias, C., Leon-Guerrero, A., & Davis, G. (2020). Social statistics for a diverse society (9th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Chapter 12, Regression and Correlation (pp. 401-457) (previously read in Week 8)

Wagner, III, W. E. (2020). Using IBM SPSS statistics for research methods and social science statistics (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Chapter 11, Editing Output (previously read in Week 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7, and 8)