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Components
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Statistics Component
This requirement has been met as I achieved a grade of A in EPSY
346. Evidence of the application of appropriate statistical
coursework in the
form of a completed research and quantitative analysis paper is also
provided below.
Coiro, J. (2003). Investigating
the relationship between self-concept, socioeconomic status, gender,
and high school reading achievement. Paper completed for
Educational Psychology 346 Final Project.
This study focuses on two questions:
- Does 8th grade self-concept and SES have a relationship
with the set of reading achievement scores from 8th, 10th, and 12th
grade?
- Are there group differences on the collective set of
reading achievement scores across gender after adjusting for level of
self-concept in 9th grade and SES?
To analyze the data, a multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA)
was conducted on three dependent variables, including reading
achievement in 8th grade, 10th grade, and 12th grade.
Adjustment was made for two covariates: 8th grade level of self-concept
and socioeconomic status, and the independent variable was gender (male
and female). Results indicated that the two variables, 8th grade
self-concept and SES, taken as a set, are significantly related to
reading achievement in these three grades. Moreover, univariate
tests suggest that SES is significantly related to reading achievement
while scores of general 8th grade self-concept add very little to our
understanding of differences in high school reading achievement.
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