Steps in the Scientific Method

• Tanne, J. H. (2025). Vaccine sceptic appointed to head vaccine autism study, as 10 000 staff cut from US health agency.BMJ (Online), 388, r642. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r642

Module 1: Assignment 1

Instructions

Using the AGMU virtual library select one research paper on a topic of interest to you that reports quantitative research. Summarize the research by answering the following questions:

1. Identify where the steps in the scientific method lie within the paper.
2. Decide whether or not the paper follows the belief outlined in the list of beliefs.
3. Identify the population and the sample being studied.
4. Identify the variables being measured, and state which scale you think the measurement would be made on.
5. Suggest what measurement and/or design errors have been made. Discuss how the errors may have impacted the conclusions.
6. Finally, if a replication study was undertaken utilizing equivalent measurements of the same variables would it show the same relationships as in the previous study? Explain your position.

• Your research summary should be a minimum of 2 pages plus your title and reference pages.

• Tanne, J. H. (2025). Vaccine sceptic appointed to head vaccine autism study, as 10 000 staff cut from US health agency.BMJ (Online), 388, r642. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r642

Module 1: Assignment 1

Instructions

Using the AGMU virtual library select one research paper on a topic of interest to you that reports quantitative research. Summarize the research by answering the following questions:

1. Identify where the steps in the scientific method lie within the paper.
2. Decide whether or not the paper follows the belief outlined in the list of beliefs.
3. Identify the population and the sample being studied.
4. Identify the variables being measured, and state which scale you think the measurement would be made on.
5. Suggest what measurement and/or design errors have been made. Discuss how the errors may have impacted the conclusions.
6. Finally, if a replication study was undertaken utilizing equivalent measurements of the same variables would it show the same relationships as in the previous study? Explain your position.

• Your research summary should be a minimum of 2 pages plus your title and reference pages.

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