QUESTION

I believe that when students participate more actively in lectures, their ability to retain the material learned from the course increases.

Please explain the following:

Who could care about this problem? Why would they?

Is the statement valid? What additional information do you need to evaluate the problem statement?

What data would you need to collect in order to solve the problem? Is it realistic?

What population would you study, and what would be an appropriate sample size?

What measures (central tendency, range, etc.) or tests (confidence intervals, hypothesis tests, etc.) would you suggest using?

What could be the confounding variables?

What would be the goal conclusion you could draw? How generalizable would you want the solution to be?

How confident do you believe you need to be in your answers?

What method would you use to communicate your results (graphs, table, etc.)

What would be your concerns? What would you do that would make your conclusions stronger? What would you do to make your conclusions weaker?