Article Critique (Multiple Regression Moderation or Mediation)

The practice of quantitative research not only involves statistical calculations and formulas but also involves the understanding of statistical techniques related to real-world applications. You might not become a quantitative researcher nor use statistical methods in your profession but as a consumer, citizen, and scholar-practitioner, it will be important for you to become a critical consumer of research, which will empower you to read, interpret, and evaluate the strength of claims made in scholarly material and daily news.
For this Assignment, you will critically evaluate a scholarly article related to logistic regression.
To prepare
Review the Article Critique Assignment Guide in the Walden Library, listed in the Week 2 Learning Resources.
Search the Walden Library for a quantitative article that applies binary logistic regression.
By Day 7
The Assignment
Write a 2- to 3-page critique of the research you found in the Walden Library that includes responses to the following prompts:
Why did the authors select binary logistic regression in the research?
Do you think this test was the most appropriate choice? Why or why not?
Did the authors display the results in a figure or table?
Does the results table stand alone? In other words, are you able to interpret the study from it? Why or why not?

Poor Fair Good ExcellentAnalysis and Results  Applying statistical methods and tests to data sets using SPSS and Excel and analyzing the results. 0 (0%) - 23.44 (46.88%)  Paper includes a description of the chosen variables but the description is missing several of the following details: their unit of analysis, their levels of measurement, and/or a visual display of the data (if appropriate). A description is not given about how these quantitative reasoning and analysis skills will translate into the ability to enact positive social change. Overall, the paper demonstrates a poor understanding of the chosen variables and their utility. 23.45 (46.9%) - 26.79 (53.58%)  Paper includes a description of the chosen variables but the description is missing one or more of the following details: their unit of analysis, their levels of measurement, and/or a visual display of the data (if appropriate). A description is given about how these quantitative reasoning and analysis skills will translate into the ability to enact positive social change, but the description is vague. Overall, the paper demonstrates a fair understanding of the chosen variables and their utility. 26.8 (53.6%) - 30.14 (60.28%)  Paper includes a description of the chosen variables, their unit of analysis, and their levels of measurement. A visual display of the data (if appropriate) is also provided, and a description is given about how these quantitative reasoning and analysis skills will translate into the ability to enact positive social change. Overall, the paper demonstrates a good understanding of the chosen variables and their utility. 30.15 (60.3%)-33.5 (67%)  Paper includes a clear description of the chosen variables, their unit of analysis, and their levels of measurement. A clear visual display of the data (if appropriate) is also provided, and a detailed description is given about how these quantitative reasoning and analysis skills will translate into the ability to enact positive social change. Overall, the paper demonstrates an excellent understanding of the chosen variables and their utility.Writing Style  The extent to which scholarly, critical, analytical writing is presented in APA format. Standard Edited English (i.e., correct grammar, mechanics). 0 (0%) - 11.54 (23.08%)  Paper is well below graduate-level writing style expectations for organization, scholarly tone, APA style, and writing, or relies excessively on quoting. Paper may contain few or no quality resources. 11.55 (23.1 %) - 13.19 (26.38%)  Paper is somewhat below graduate-level writing style, with multiple smaller or a few major problems. Paper may be lacking in organization, scholarly tone, APA style, and/or contain many writing and/or spelling errors, or shows moderate reliance on quoting versus original writing and paraphrasing. Paper may contain inferior resources (number or quality). 13.2 (26.4%) -14.84 (29.68%)  Paper is mostly consistent with graduate-level writing style.  Paper may have some small or infrequent organization, scholarly tone, or APA style issues, and/or may contain a few writing and spelling errors, and/or somewhat less than the expected number of or type of sources. 14.85 (29.7%)- 16.5(33%)  Paper is well organized, uses scholarly tone, follows APA style, uses original writing and proper paraphrasing, contains very few or no writing and/or spelling errors, and is fully consistent with graduate-level writing style.  Paper contains multiple, appropriate and exemplary sources expected/required for the assignment.