Discussion: Research Design and t Tests: How Are They Connected?Whether in a scholarly or practitioner setting, good research and data analysis should have the benefit of peer feedback. For this Discussion, you will perform an article critique on t tests. Be sure and remember that the goal is to obtain constructive feedback to improve the research and its interpretation, so please view this as an opportunity to learn from one another.To prepare for this Discussion:Review the Learning Resources and the media programs related to t tests.Search for and select a quantitative article specific to your discipline and related to t tests. Help with this task may be found in the Course guide and assignment help linked in this week’s Learning Resources. Also, you can use as a guide the Research Design Alignment Table located in this week’s Learning ResourcesBY DAY 3Write a 3- to 5-paragraph critique of the article. In your critique, include responses to the following:Which is the research design used by the authors?Why did the authors use this t test?Do you think it’s 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?By Day 5RESPOND TO ONE OF YOUR COLLEAGUES’ POSTS AND:MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE DESIGN CHOICE.EXPLAIN WHETHER YOU THINK THAT THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE T TEST TO USE FOR THE RESEARCH QUESTION. WHY OR WHY NOT?AS A LAY READER, WERE YOU ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THE RESULTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS? WHY OR WHY NOT?

For this Discussion, you will examine central tendency and variability based on two separate variables. You will also explore the implications for positive social change based on the results of the data. To prepare for this Discussion: Review this week’s Learning Resources and the Descriptive Statistics media program. For additional support, review the Skill Builder: Visual Displays for Categorical Variables and the Skill Builder: Visual Displays for Continuous Variables, which you can find by navigating back to your Blackboard Course Home Page. From there, locate the Skill Builder link in the left navigation pane. Review the Chapter 4 of the Wagner text and the examples in the SPSS software related to central tendency and variability. From the General Social Survey dataset found in this week’s Learning Resources, use the SPSS software and choose one continuous and one categorical variable Note: this dataset will be different from your Assignment dataset). As you review, consider the implications for positive social change based on the results of your data. By Day 3 Post, present, and report a descriptive analysis for your variables, specifically noting the following: For your continuous variable Report the mean, median, and mode. What might be the better measure for central tendency? (i.e., mean, median, or mode) and why? Report the standard deviation. How variable are the data? How would you describe this data? What sort of research question would this variable help answer that might inform social change? Post the following information for your categorical variable: A frequency distribution. An appropriate measure of variation. How variable are the data? How would you describe this data? What sort of research question would this variable help answer that might inform social change?