ASSIGNMENT

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HMEF 5093
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
SEPTEMBER 2021 SEMESTER

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION:

1. Answer in English or Bahasa Malaysia.

2. Number of words: 3000 – 5000 words excluding references for EACH question
(Question 1 and Question 2).

3. Submit your assignment ONCE only in a SINGLE file.

4. Submit your assignment ONLINE.

5. Submission date : 4 DECEMBER 2021

6. This assignment accounts for 100% of the total marks for the course.

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 ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

ASSIGNMENT 1: ARTICLE ANALYSIS REPORT (50 MARKS)

Purpose:
The purpose of this assignment is to enhance learners’ ability to analyse research article
critically.

Requirement:

For this assignment, you are required to review a quantitative research article and write
analysis of the article in a report.

Read the following research article carefully, conduct a review, analyse and write a report.

Hendy, M. H. (2020). The Effect of Using Hendy's 4Cs Model on Acquiring Some Vocational
Concepts and Social Skills for Primary School Students. International Journal on Social
and Education Sciences, 2(2), 81-87.

The research article is provided together with the assignment in the file “Assignment 1
Research Article September 2021.” The article is also available online at the following site:
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1263947.pdf

Guidelines:
Use the following questions as a guide to write the report.

Title
 Does the title of the article reflect the focus of the study, revealing adequate
information about the variables, subjects and research setting?

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Introduction and background to the study
 Is sufficient background information on the research given?
 Does the background information provide a lead-in to the focus/objective of the
research?
 Are the research purpose and objective / hypothesis clearly explained?

Statement of the problem, theoretical background and previous review

 Is the statement of the problem, literature cited appropriate and relevant to the
research agenda?
 Have the researchers cited adequate current literature to support their research?
 Is there evidence of critical analyses of relevant theory and past research?
 Does the literature review provide adequate content information about the research
topic?
Research Methodology
 Is the research design clearly described and explained?
 Is the research design appropriate in addressing the research objectives and research
questions?
 Is the sample properly defined, described and delimited?
 Is the sample size adequate for the study?
 Is the sampling technique appropriate and properly explained?
 Are the instruments appropriate for the study?

Results, discussion, conclusion and recommendation

 Are the results presented clearly and correctly with accurate and detailed
interpretations?
 Do the data analyses provide answers to the research questions/research focus?
 Is the discussion in line with the findings and carefully connected to other sections of
the report (e.g. problem statement, research questions, etc)?
 Are the findings judiciously discussed about theory and findings of past research?
 Is the discussion substantiated with relevant literature?
 Are implications, recommendations and directions for future research drawn from
research findings?
 Is there adequate discussion on the limitations of the study?

The above questions merely provide suggested guidelines for writing your review. You may
omit some questions and/or frame additional questions of your own to guide your writing. In

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your review, you should constantly quote from the article to substantiate your comments
and wherever relevant, provide explanations and justifications for your comments based on
theory, expert knowledge and/or past research to demonstrate your understanding of the
quantitative research methodology. Your comments should include the strengths and
weaknesses of the research and also suggestions for improvement. Use APA 7th Edition APA
style for all your citations and references

[TOTAL: 50 MARKS]

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ASSIGNMENT 2 (50 MARKS)

Purpose:

This assignment requires you to demonstrate your ability in planning and devising an
appropriate quantitative research methodology for a survey research study. The assignment
comprises TWO related tasks, the details of which are explained below:

Task 1: (20 marks)

You are motivated to investigate the reading attitudes of the students in your institution. You
have found a questionnaire which you can adopt or adapt, depending on the focus of your
research study. The questionnaire is available in your HMEF5093 Quantitative Research
Methodology Module, Topic 3 Constructs, Variables and Data Types, Activity 3.1, p.37 - 38.

Based on the questionnaire, plan and design an appropriate quantitative research study. You
should use the questionnaire in its original form without changing or leaving out any items.
However, you may adapt it by including additional information such as demographic factors
and/or any other appropriate constructs to be investigated with reading attitudes in the
questionnaire. In such a case, you should include additional information in your
questionnaire form. If you have included other constructs in the investigation, you should
provide the relevant instruments. All instruments to be used should be attached as
appendices.

Provide an appropriate research title for your research study and a list of research questions
and/or hypotheses.

Before planning and designing your research study, you should read and understand fully the
following topics in your module:

Topic 3: Constructs Variables and Data Types,

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Topic 6: Survey research methodology, and
Topic 7: Instrumentation
(20 marks)

Task 2: (30 marks)

In this task, you are required to describe and explain the methodology of your research study
using the questionnaire you have designed in Task 1, focusing on the following sections:

(a) Research design

(b) Population and sample
(c) Instrumentation (i.e. The questionnaire and any other relevant instruments, if any)
(d) Data collection procedures
(e) Framework of data analysis

You can refer to the HMEF5093 Quantitative Research Methodology module, Topic 10:
Writing the research report, as a guide to write the different sections.

(30 marks)

[TOTAL: 50 MARKS]

Submission Guidelines:

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 Your assignment should be typed on A4 paper using 12 pt. Times New Roman and 1.5
spacing.
 You are to submit a softcopy of your assignment on-line through myINSPIRE.
 The document submitted should have the following:
(a) Research title
(b) List of research questions and/or hypotheses
(c) Methodology
 Research design
 Population and sample
 Instrumentation
 Data collection procedures
 Framework of data analysis
(d) Appendices
 The assignment should be an original piece of work. Plagiarised assignment will be
rejected.

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 ATTACHMENT
ASSIGNMENT 1 RUBRICS
HMEF 5093 QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODOLOGY / SEPTEMBER 2021
ASSIGNMENT 1: ARTICLE ANALYSIS REPORT

Unsatisfactory
Excellent Good Fair Poor Or
Max
QN CLO Criteria No response
Weighting Marks
4 3 2 1 0
1 1 Review on the title 1.5 Very relevant with Relevant with some Fairly relevant with Hardly relevant with Irrelevant 6
constant reference to reference to the article little reference to the hardly any reference to response
the article and covering and covering most of the article and covering the article and
all the key aspects. key aspects. some of the key covering only a few key
aspects. aspects.

1 1 Review and 2.5 Ample evidence of Some evidence of Little evidence of Hardly any evidence of No evidence of 10
analysis on the analyses of the relevant analyses of the relevant analyses of the analyses of the analysis
introduction and aspects with numerous aspects with some relevant aspects with relevant aspects with
background of the appropriate comments. appropriate comments. few appropriate very few or no
study comments. appropriate
comments.

1 1 Review and 2.5 Comments provided are Comments provided are Comments provided Comments provided No research 10
analysis on very in-depth with ample in-depth with some are superficial with are very superficial support
Statement of the support from theory, support from theory, little support from with very little or no
problem, expert knowledge expert knowledge theory, expert support from theory,
Theoretical and/or related past and/or related past knowledge and/or expert knowledge
Background and research. research. related past research. and/or related past
Previous research.

1 1 2.5 Excellent understanding Good understanding on Fair understanding on Poor understanding on No review and 10
Review and
on reviewing and reviewing and analysing reviewing and reviewing and analysis on
analysis on
analysing research research methodology analysing research analysing research research
Research
methodology process on process on what and methodology process methodology process methodology
Methodology
what and how to carry how to carry out the on what and how to on what and how to

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 out the research and
evaluate on the
reliability and validity of
the research.
1 1 Review and 2.5 Constructs a valid
analysis on judgement about the
Results, article and clearly
Discussion, explains, based on
conclusion and specifics (results,
recommendation discussion, conclusion
and recommendation)
identified from the
article.
1 1 Writing Style & 1.0 Very appropriate for
Language used academic writing with
few serious grammatical
errors.   grammatical errors.
Total 12.5
*QN=Question Number
research and evaluate carry out the research carry out the research
on the reliability and and evaluate on the and evaluate on the
validity of the research. reliability and validity reliability and validity
of the research. of the research.
Constructs a good Constructs a The student does not No review and 10
judgement about the judgement about the construct a clear analysis on
article and clearly article that has some judgement about the results, discussion,
explains, based on relationship to the article, or constructs conclusion and
specifics (results, specifics, but the one that is not at all recommendation
discussion, conclusion specifics do not totally supported by the
and recommendation) support the specifics submitted.
identified from the generalization.
article.
Appropriate for Poor and inappropriate Very poor and No submission 4
academic writing with for academic writing inappropriate for
some serious with numerous serious academic writing with
grammatical errors. lots of serious
grammatical errors.
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ASSIGNMENT 2: TASK 1: RESEARCH STUDY
QN CLO Unsatisfactory
Criteria Excellent Good Fair Low Or
Max
No response
Weight Marks
4 3 2 1 0
2 2 Research Title 1.0 The title clearly reflects The title fairly clearly The title partially reflects The title hardly reflects No response 4
the focus of the study, reflects the focus of the the focus of the study, the focus of the study,
revealing adequate study, revealing fairly revealing some revealing little
information about the adequate information information about the information about the
variables, subjects & about the variables, variables, subjects & variables, subjects &
research setting. subjects & research research setting. research setting.
setting.

2 2 Research Questions 2.0 Research Irrelevant 8

and/or hypotheses
2 2 The questionnaires 2.0
collect demographic
information,
personal opinions,
facts, or attitudes
from respondent
Research Research Research
questions/hypotheses response
questions/hypotheses questions/hypotheses are questions/hypotheses are
are hardly focused,
are highly focused and focused, providing clear fairly focused, providing
providing only vague
providing very clear direction for measuring fairly clear, direction for
direction for measuring
direction for measuring relationships between measuring relationships
relationships between
relationships between variables. between variables.
variables.
variables.
The questionnaire is The questionnaire is The questionnaire is quite The questionnaire is There is no 8
very related to the related to the research related to the research not related to the questionnaire
research title and able title and able to answer title and able to answer research title and not appended as
to answer research research questions/ research questions/ able to answer research appendices
questions/ hypothesis hypothesis under study. hypothesis under study. questions/ hypothesis
under study. under study.

Total 5.0 20
*QN=Question Number

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ASSIGNMENT 2: TASK 2: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
QN CLO
Criteria Excellent
Weightage
4 3
2 3 Research Design 1.5 The research design is
very appropriate.
The explanation is very
clear with adequate
relevant justification.
2 3 Population & 1.0 The description of the
Sample target population and the
sample very clear.
The sampling technique
proposed is very
appropriate.
2 3 Instrumentation 2.0 The instrument(s) to be
used is very appropriately
adapted/designed.
Validity and reliability
issues are very well
addressed
The description is very
clear with lots of details.
2 3 1.5 Very clear description
Data Collection
data collection
Good
The research design is
appropriate.
The explanation is clear with
quite adequate relevant
justification.
The description of the target
population and the sample
is clear.
The sampling technique
proposed is appropriate.
The instrument(s) to be
used is appropriately
adapted/ designed.
Validity and reliability issues
are well addressed.
The description is clear with
most of the details.
Clear description of data
collection procedures.
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Unsatisfactory
Fair Low Or
Max
No response
Marks
2 1 0
The research design is fairly The research design is There is no 6
appropriate. hardly appropriate. research design
discussed
The explanation is fairly The explanation is rather
clear with some relevant vague with minimal or
justification. no relevant justification.
The description of the target The description of the No description of 4
population and the sample target population and population and
is fairly clear. the sample is rather sample
vague.
The sampling technique
proposed is fairly The sampling technique
appropriate. proposed is hardly
appropriate.
The instrument(s) to be The instrument(s) to be No 8
used are fairly appropriately used is somewhat instrumentation
adapted/ designed. inappropriately discussed
adapted/designed.
Validity and reliability issues
are fairly well addressed. Validity and reliability
The description is fairly clear issues are rather poorly
with some details. or hardly addressed.
The description is rather
vague with hardly any
details.
Fairly clear description of Vague description of No description of 6
data collection procedures. data collection data collection
 procedures. procedures. procedures
Procedures
Threats to validity and Threats to validity and
Threats to validity and reliability are well- reliability are fairly well- Threats to validity and
reliability are very well- addressed. addressed. reliability are poorly or
addressed. hardly addressed.

2 3 Framework of 1.5 Very Appropriate Appropriate methods of Fairly appropriate methods Rather inappropriate Framework not 6
data analysis methods of analysis are analysis are suggested. of analysis are suggested. methods of analysis are available
suggested. suggested.
Clear and adequate Fairly clear and adequate
Very clear and adequate description of the method description of the method Vague and inadequate
description of the of analysis. of analysis. description of the
method of analysis. method of analysis.

Total 7.5 30
*QN=Question Number

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