Optimism Analysis

Students will develop an APA formatted, written report that contains the following sections: -Introduction: Briefly summarize the concept (approximately 300 words) Refer to the scholarly peer-reviewed article and the non-scholarly article to discuss the concept. -Methodology: Briefly describe the following with regard to data collection (make a separate heading for each subheading below): Participants -Discuss any important demographic information such as age of participants etc. -Materials -Describe the questionnairenumber of items and the response set (i.e. the Likert scale options) Procedure -Describe how the data was collected how did you find participants and ask them to participate -Results: Briefly summarize the statistical findings from the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and address the questions in the data set instructions about the data. This section will include a frequency polygon and content from the textbook as students answer questions about the results. Tables and graphs from Excel Spreadsheet must be integrated into the results section of this paper. Students will also assume normality and apply an independent t-test to analyze if the difference between two groups is statistically significant. Refer to the data set instructions for guidelines on what to include in the results section. -Discussion: Briefly summarize the interpretation of the findings (i.e. what do the findings mean in relation to the concept) (approximately 300 words) -APA Format: Include APA references for at least 3 sources (two provided resources and one additional resource) used in this report (i.e. journal article, non-scholarly or peer-reviewed article, or textbook). In-text citations need to be appropriately used and correct. -Use intext citations and cite source using APA 7th edition format. Include reference sheet. -Tables and Graphs must be copied and integrated into a Word doc in the final submission.