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Evaluate the role of data organization and management in the research process
Assessment Strategies
Quizzes, exams, and/or writing assignments
Criteria
Distinguish the tasks of data collection, data organization/management, and data analysis
Differentiate unit of observation and unit of analysis
Construct a variable
Differentiate the levels of measurement
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Construct and modify a dataset
Assessment Strategies
Quizzes, exams, writing assignments, and/or projects
Criteria
Assemble a dataset by inputting data into a spreadsheet
Import a dataset into a data management/analysis tool
Use data management/analysis software to manipulate and create variables in a dataset
Perform checks to make sure the modifications were successful
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Evaluate the implications of missing data in a dataset
Assessment Strategies
Quizzes, exams, writing assignments, and/or projects
Criteria
Investigate whether there are patterns of missing data
Appraise the methods used to address missing data
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Compile survey data
Assessment Strategies
Quizzes, exams, writing assignments, and/or projects
Criteria
Distinguish primary and secondary data
Create a codebook for a survey
Use an internet-based data collection tool to build a survey with skip patterns
Perform checks to make sure the internet survey is collecting data properly
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Merge two datasets
Assessment Strategies
Quizzes, exams, writing assignments, and/or projects
Criteria
Use data management/analysis software to integrate cases and variables into an existing dataset
Perform checks to make sure the data merge was successful
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Organize and summarize the results of data analysis
Assessment Strategies
Quizzes, exams, writing assignments, and/or projects
Criteria
Use data management/analysis software to generate frequency distributions and descriptive statistics for variables in a dataset
Create a spreadsheet that summarizes the results of data analysis and displays the results according to the categories of one or more variables
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Visualize the results of data analysis
Assessment Strategies
Quizzes, exams, writing assignments, and/or a projects
Criteria
Choose the appropriate figures to visualize the results of data analysis
Create tables and figures displaying the results of univariate, bivariate, and multivariate analyses
Create tables and figures displaying trends
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Communicate the results of data analysis
Assessment Strategies
Oral Presentation
Criteria
Create a PowerPoint presentation with tables and figures that display the results of data analysis
Deliver a verbal presentation to an audience
Use language appropriate to the audience’s level of knowledge and understanding
Respond to audience questions
Engage in eye contact with audience members