Discussion 1
When implementing a research study, it is important to know the relationship between confidence intervals, sample sizes, and estimated standard errors.
Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:
- Explain the relationship between confidence intervals, sample sizes, and estimated standard errors.
- How might understanding these elements be useful in understanding your mock data used throughout this course?
Include your own experience as well as 2 citations that align with or contradict your comments as sourced from peer-reviewed academic journals, industry publications, books, and/or other sources. Cite your sources according to APA guidelines. If you found information that contradicts your experience, explain why you agree or disagree with the information.
Discussion 2
Refer to the research question and hypotheses you created in Week 1.
Write a 250- to 300-word response to the following:
- Discuss each of the 5 steps in hypothesis testing as it relates to your data.
Note: You will only need to explain steps 4 and 5 in general, but steps 1-3 should be fairly specific to your data.
Week 1 information: Independent and dependent variables
My independent variable is poverty in the Black community and my dependent variables are discrimination and education. These GSS variables are racdif1 and racdif3. African Americans have a lower average income than Whites and an equal average income as Latinos on a national level. There is a significant relationship between poverty and discrimination. The data that I will be using for this research project is from The General Social Survey. I will be using results from the years 1977-2021. As a whole, African Americans are more impoverished than any other race (Mode et al., 2016). From the years 1972-2021, the African American population was shown to live below the poverty line, which is a higher percentage than any other race in America (Iceland, 2019). The General Social Survey data will be used to examine the relationship between social class and discrimination, race, and income. The General Social Survey data will also be used to measure the level of education in African American households.
Research Questions
How does discrimination affect African Americans from rising above poverty?
Are African Americans struggling with poverty because of their levels of education?
Do African Americans have a low income on average because of their level of education?
Do African Americans have a low income on average because they are discriminated against?
Is there a better relationship between racial discrimination and education than between racial discrimination and income?
