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1. A relationship research question involving GPA and GRE scores
A relationship research question involving GPA and GRE scoresA relationship research
question involving GPA and GRE scoresYou are the new director of institutional research at
a small state university, and you have been assigned the task of analyzing information for
the dean of the School of Education regarding the performance of their undergraduate
students on the often-controversial Graduate Record Exam (GRE). Many educators believe
the GRE is a poor evaluator of undergraduate performance as well as a poor predictor of
graduate school performance. The dean is considering eliminating the GRE from graduate
school admissions requirements.The dean has already collected data on four variables: 1)
gender, 2) grade point average (GPA), 3) GRE score, and 4) graduate degree completion
frequency. Your job is to develop a proposed analysis to assist the dean to make an
informed decision regarding the future use of the GRE.Note:(For this assignment, you don’t
have to produce any data. This assignment is asking for you to develop the analyses to
answer the different questions (see below 1 – 4); relationships questions (What analyses
can you use for relationship questions? What types of data (level of measurement)?), for
effect questions (What analyses can you use to test for effects of independent variables on
dependent variables?) Think on the levels of the independent variables. What types of data
(nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio)?), and interaction effects between independent
variables.You should also discuss the assumptions of each test. No data is required to be
presented.This is similar to a question that you will encounter in your Doctoral
Comprehensive Exams. You should provide information that shows your understanding of
the different types of analyses, as well as possible outcomes of the analyses. In addition, you
have to include in your discussion the possible conclusions based on the possible results;
rejecting the null, and not rejecting the null.ORDER NOW FOR CUSTOMIZED, PLAGIARISM-
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