Description
Select any study that uses inferential statistics such as t-test, correlation, regression, ANOVA, or chi-square to test a hypothesis. Then, outline the purpose of the study and how the study was implemented by describing the procedure.
Using your knowledge of reliability, internal, and external validity, comment on the quality of the study. Specifically, focus on the following in your brief assessment:
- If tests of reliability and validity were used, explain how well they were implemented. If no tests were used, indicate if they should have been and why.
- Comment on the sampling and recruitment techniques. Determine if there were possibilities for biased samples.
- If questionnaires/instruments were used, explain whether they were effective. Identify and interpret any evidence that the instruments had been through any process of validity and reliability testing, if applicable.
- Illustrate the extent to which the findings from the study are generalizable/externally valid.
- Comment on the overall logic of the research design. Interpret whether the study was internally valid.
Support your assignment as needed with scholarly resources. Appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included but are not required.
Length: 2-3 pages, not including title and reference pages
Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
Running head: ARTICLE CRITIQUE
1
Article Critique: Toxic Workplace Environments Statistics
Name
Institutional Affiliation
Course Code: Course Name
Instructor’s Name
Due date
ARTICLE CRITIQUE
2
Anjum, Ming, Siddiqi and Rasool carried out a study with an aim of analyzing how toxic
work environments affect job productivity. The purpose of this study was to determine the
relationship between the negative job productivity of an employee and the toxic work
environment. The study researchers selected seven private Pakistan universities in Lahore city
through a systematic sampling technique with employees being the unit of analysis in this study.
The researchers distributed questionnaires randomly among the employees and out of the 300
questionnaires they administered, 267 questionnaires were responded to. To get a meaningful
information, the researchers verified both direct and indirect variables through CFA which they
had tested through AMOS 22 (Anjum, 2005). For verification of meditation of job burnout
between job productivity and workplaces with toxic environments, descriptive Hayes mediation
approach and SPSS were used respectively.
Reliability and Validity Tests
Research reliability is all about the degree at which a given study method is able to yield
consistent results. On the other hand, research validity is how accurate a research study is
(Fawns-Ritchie & Deary, 2020). Having this in mind, the study that was carried by Anjum and
his colleagues has a high level of reliability which is revealed by the toxic workplace
environment which was divided into four constructs that is work...
Review
Review
