STATISTICS TUTORIAL Applied Research In Organizational Behavior

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STATISTICS TUTORIALApplied Research In
Organizational Behavior

• By
• Dr. Goli Sadri

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Basic Research Design

• Independent Variable
• the causal variable in a study
• Dependent Variable
• the variable affected in a study
• Moderator Variable
• influences the relationship between the dependent
  and independent variables
• Hypothesis
• a statement of the relationship between the
  variables under study

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Collecting Data

• Survey
• a research design in which a sample of subjects
  is drawn from a population and studied to make
  inferences about the population
• Data may be collected through face-to-face
  interviews or questionnaires
• Questionnaires
• a group of written questions to which subjects
  respond

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What Do You Want To Do With Your Data?

• Find out about your sample
• descriptive statistics
• Examine differences between 2 groups
• t-test
• Examine differences between 3 or more groups
• ANOVA
• Examine the relationship between 2 variables
• correlation
• Determine which independent variable best
• predicts your dependent variable
• multiple regression

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