https://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methodsCenter for Innovation in Research and Teachinghttps://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/statistical-hypothesis-testing-one-versus-twosided<div><div class="editable hscroll"><div> <p>From my experience, the concept of directional hypothesis testing is a challenge to learners who are somewhat new to using statistical concepts to prove or disprove a hypothesis. One important guideline to keep in mind is to be sure to state the direction of the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. Are you simply trying…</p></div></div></div>Daniel SmithFri, 20 Jan 2012 09:26:55 -0700https://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/statistical-hypothesis-testing-one-versus-twosidedhttps://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/spss-tech-support-contact-information<div><p>Hello Doctoral Learners:</p> <p>If you're like me - I use SPSS daily - there can be occassions when you need SPSS tech support assistance. For this purpose, I have pasted below the resource that I use when I have a technical/IT issue with SPSS 19. From my experience, they usually respond within 4 or so hours. Of course, be sure to be specific when…</p></div>Daniel SmithFri, 20 Jan 2012 09:25:26 -0700https://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/spss-tech-support-contact-informationhttps://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/project-management-the-dissertation-process<div><div class="editable hscroll"><div> <p>Many of you have likely heard of the term "project management" that is often used in industry to describe the steps of managing a project. In fact, you can become certified in project management - a "PMP" certification is in demand in industry because of the value in being able to manage a project from start to finish. In fact, there are many…</p></div></div></div>Daniel SmithFri, 20 Jan 2012 09:24:48 -0700https://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/project-management-the-dissertation-processhttps://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/clarifying-quantitative-survey-inputoutput-in-your<div><div class="editable hscroll"><div> <p>Hopefully, you have had a chance to watch the latest quantitative webinar on an overview of  SPSS that was posted last week.</p> <p>This week, I want to focus on the importance of identifying the input, and especially the output, of any survey instrument used in a dissertation. I have recently read many dissertations that attempt to quantify one…</p></div></div></div>Daniel SmithFri, 20 Jan 2012 09:24:04 -0700https://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/clarifying-quantitative-survey-inputoutput-in-yourhttps://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/introduction-to-spss-webinar<div class="editable hscroll"><div> <p>Doctoral Learners:</p> <p>If you are interested in learning more about SPSS, please watch the brief webinar below. It is less than 10 minutes in length, so it's easy to watch and offers some great information on how SPSS can help you with your quantitative research, as well as how to download it, and other helpful tips. If you watch it, let me know…</p></div></div>Daniel SmithFri, 20 Jan 2012 09:23:12 -0700https://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/introduction-to-spss-webinarhttps://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/more-free-resources-for-learning-how-to-use-spss<div><div class="editable hscroll"><div> <p>I was thinking of GCU's doctoral learners this afternoon as I was working in my local public library. As I was sitting in a chair to work, I happened to see that an entire shelf was dedicated to some very contemporary reference tools on learning about SPSS. For sure, all of these resources are in addition to all the online resources that I have…</p></div></div></div>Daniel SmithFri, 20 Jan 2012 09:21:07 -0700https://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/more-free-resources-for-learning-how-to-use-spsshttps://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/an-entertaining-and-informative-video-qualitative-<div><div class="editable hscroll"><div> <p>Just a few years ago, I would never have been able to send a video link to you, but today YouTube allows me to easily share informative media with you. The link below is quite an informative video on qualitative versus quantitative research. It is a fun resource - I hope that you enjoy it!</p> <p><a class="ig-autolink WikiLinkType0" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddx9PshVWXI&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddx9PshVWXI&amp;feature=r…</a></p></div></div></div>Daniel SmithFri, 20 Jan 2012 09:20:16 -0700https://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/an-entertaining-and-informative-video-qualitative-https://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/the-importance-of-welllabeled-data-tables-in-quant<div><div class="editable hscroll"><div> <p>After having reviewed many dissertations over the past 15 years, I have noticed an emergent scholar-practitioner trend of extracting data from quantitative dissertations in order to support an argument or conclusion - which may, or may not be, the most accurate assessment of your work. Moreover, the author of the dissertation may also need to…</p></div></div></div>Daniel SmithFri, 20 Jan 2012 09:19:19 -0700https://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/the-importance-of-welllabeled-data-tables-in-quanthttps://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/is-an-overreliance-on-statistical-significance-det<div><div class="editable hscroll"><div> <p>"Statistical Significance" is a term that is used in almost all quantitative studies that use inferential statistics (ANOVA, t-tests, regression). However, for practical considerations, there might be an overreliance on the "victory" of achieving statistical significance. Why? Because even though the results may be <em>statistically significant</em>,…</p></div></div></div>Daniel SmithFri, 20 Jan 2012 09:17:37 -0700https://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/is-an-overreliance-on-statistical-significance-dethttps://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/a-holistic-dissertation-resource<div><p>After attending four in-person Residencies in Phoenix, I have found that it is very difficult to isolate the best choice of methodology, the optimized approach to the literature review, the data collection approach, or formulating the research questions, among many other dissertation activities, from the dissertation topic itself. Even though the…</p></div>Daniel SmithFri, 20 Jan 2012 09:16:55 -0700https://cirt.gcu.edu/blogs/quantitative-methods/a-holistic-dissertation-resource