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project) E. Data analysis (develop a plan for this) F. Human subjects protection (to insure the safety of the participants of a research G. Time line (projected schedule of implementation) III. Pilot study (small scale testing of procedures to be studied) IV. The main study or dissertation (APA format, front matter, introductory chapter, literature review, methods, results, discussion, back matter) V. The journal report (e.g. a referreed journal ++++ form of research paper from Shawn Fitzgerald: Proposal for a Master’s Thesis entitled A Model Predicting Statistics Performance of Students Utilizing Logistic Regression Procedures by Shawn M. Fitzgerald ___________________ Advisor ___________________ Second Faculty The University of Toledo 1/9/95 ABSTRACT You will have an abstract here. A short synopsis of what your proposal will address. It will also include the purpose of this study, numbers of participants, findings and conclusions.
Introduction The introduction will provide a brief overview of the research topic addressing the general area of research and a brief description of what makes this topic of importance to researchers, administrators, and the local community? Rationale or Statement of the Problem Quantitative courses in general, and statistics courses in particular, are anxiety provoking for many students. For graduate students with potentially high levels of interrole conflict, statistic courses can be especially taxing. Since statistics content generally builds logically and sequentially from materials presented within courses themselves and between various levels of related courses, interrole conflict may be especially detrimental for academic success. If administrators and educators had a model to reliably predict potential failure in these courses, then a proactive strategy could be used to decrease the percentage of poorly performing students. Purpose The purpose of this study will be: (1) to assess the effects of various skill, demographic, and affective variables on the performance of graduate students in an advanced level statistics course, (2) to assess the effects of interrole conflict on performance of graduate students in an advanced level statistics course, (3) to build a general predictive model of performance in statistics for students in an advanced level statistics course, (4) to test the effectiveness of this model in relation to its accuracy in classifying those students predicted to pass or fail. Literature Review The literature identifies many different types of role conflict; role ambiguity (Beecher & Drelexer, 1986), role boundary (Caplin, Cobb, French, Harrison, & Pinneau, 1975), role insufficiency (House, McMichael, Wells, Kaplan, & Landerman, 1979) and role overload (Osipow & Davis, 1988). Most of these studies have investigated the relationship of interrole conflict as it relates to the worker and some outside agent such as the family or health (Beechr, King, & King, 1990). Few have concentrated on the relationship between interrole conflict as it pertains to the student and outside agents such as work or family and only one recent study has investigated the relationship between interrole conflict and student performance (Fenster, 1992). When considering the research on interrole conflict both negative and a positive influences on task performance have been reported. On the negative side people perform below their own expectations simply because it is assumed that time and energy of students is finite (Goode, 1960). As such, it is believed that students operate in a “zero sum” environment where it is assumed that the time and energy a student invests in his/her family, job, and other outside activities represents a reduction in the time and energy that a student can devote to educational activities and development (Austin, 1984; Cohen, 1984). <strong>Research</strong>ers such as Marks (1977), Sieber (1974), and Thoits (1983) argue that interrole conflict tends to have a positive influence on performance because they view human time and energy as being both flexible and expandable. Multiple roles are thought to improve mental health and provide opportunities for
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