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Assignment 3 Quantitative Research Methods

Read the attached article and complete the assignment

1. What was the purpose of the study (what did the researchers hope to understand) – look at the end of the Introduction.
2. Describe how the participants were recruited (look at the Methods, Participants and procedures section)
3. List the measures (surveys) used in the study (look at the Methods, Measures 2.2.2 through 2.2.7)
4. Provide a brief description for EACH of the measures listed in #3 (2.2.2 through 2.2.7)
5. For EACH measure listed in #3 (2.2.2 through 2.2.7), describe the response scale
6. Provide the following components (If any of the below information is missing, fill in that component with “information not found in article”) – **Note this only applies to missing APA components, not for use in items 1-4 above
   1. Authors (list them as: Last name, first initial, middle initial (if given)
   2. Year of publication:
   3. Title of the article (make sure you use sentence capitalization rules):
   4. Name of the journal (capitalize all major words, font in italics)
   5. Journal Volume (in italics)
   6. Journal Issue (surround number with parentheses)
   7. Page range:
   8. DOI:
7. Present the APA reference format of the attached article

You MUST follow the submission format listed below

You must submit your assignment adhering to the following format.Keep the numbering as is, include the Bolded component, then include your response to each item.Do not use Bold in your responses.

1. What was the purpose of the study (what did the researchers hope to understand)
2. Describe how the participants were recruited
3. List the measures (surveys) used in the study
   1. 2.2.2
   2. 2.2.3
   3. 2.2.4
   4. 2.2.5
   5. 2.2.6
   6. 2.2.7
4. For each measure listed in #3, provide a brief description
   1. 2.2.2
   2. 2.2.3
   3. 2.2.4
   4. 2.2.5
   5. 2.2.6
   6. 2.2.7
5. For each measure listed in #3, describe the response scale
   1. 2.2.2
   2. 2.2.3
   3. 2.2.4
   4. 2.2.5
   5. 2.2.6
   6. 2.2.7
6. Provide the following components (If any of the below information is missing, fill in that component with “information not found in article”) – **Note this only applies to missing APA components, not for use in items 1-4 above
   1. Authors (list them as: Last name, first initial, middle initial (if given)
   2. Year of publication:
   3. Title of the article (make sure you use sentence capitalization rules):
   4. Name of the journal (capitalize all major words, font in italics)
   5. Journal Volume (in italics)
   6. Journal Issue (surround number with parentheses)
   7. Page range:
   8. DOI: