I need an introduction to research and research questions.
Applying Course Concepts
Citing the required course readings for this week and at least 1 additional, peer-reviewed source (in addition to the Bible), address the following concepts:
Ethical Concerns:
- What are some general ethical concerns that must be considered when conducting research?
- What does Scripture say specifically about the Christians’ responsibility to act ethically toward his fellow man?
Practical Application:
- Research a current newspaper or popular-press magazine article that cites some sort of data. Explain how data support the message of the article. Would the article seem less authoritative without the data? Were the analyses descriptive or inferential? Provide a link to the article you discuss.
- Discuss why statistics is important to public policy.
- Based on the requirements laid out in O’Sullivan et al. Chapter 1, develop a research question in some area of public policy that interests you. Explain why your question meets the two criteria for a good research question.
Research Topic
Review the list of possible research questions found in the Resources section.
List, in order of preference, your top three research question choices from the list (do not simply list numbers — write out the questions).
You will be assigned 1 of the 3 selected questions. The assigned question will then be used in Discussion: Research Paper Development and People Research, Research Paper: Annotated Bibliography Assignment, and the Research Paper: Final Paper Assignment.
Hopefully you can get me a quote from the first chapter of these two sources
O’Sullivan, E., Rassel, G. R., & Taliaferro, J. D. (2011). Practical research methods for nonprofit and public administrators. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, Inc. ISBN: 9780205639465.
Salkind, N. J. & Frey, B. B. (2020). Statistics for people who (think they) hate statistics—Package, (7th ed.). Sage Publications, Inc. ISBN: 9781544393391.
