How to describe quantitative data (1)

1. Seminar 16 How to describe quantitative data (1)

2. Seminar Overview

● Review
● Participation in a small study
● Data description practice
● Making sense of Results
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3. Review: Jeopardy

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Teams take turns choosing a category and point value.
The question is revealed.
The first team to raise their hand gets to answer.
Correct answers earn points; incorrect answers deduct points.
https://www.playfactile.com/jeopardy-game/mljcwa3uql
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4. Activity 1/ Task 1 Participation in a study

Medtextpert. (2025). Self-plagiarism explained [image]. Available from https://www.medtextpert.com/self-plagiarism-explained/ [Accessed 3 February 2025].
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5. Activity 1/ Task 1 Participation in a study

● A group of students has been tasked to investigate the students’ perceptions of
plagiarism.
● Their objective is to explore the reasons, views, and experiences along with
suggestions to tackle plagiarism, etc.
● They have already completed some main steps of doing research: research
question formulation, secondary data collection, an online questionnaire
development on Google Forms, and its dissemination via different channels of
online communication.
● Imagine that you are one of the students who received their invitation to take part
in this survey.
● Scan the QR code and complete the questionnaire.
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6. Plagiarism in HE: Students' Perceptions and Experiences

Activity 1/ Task 1 Participation in a study
Plagiarism in HE: Students' Perceptions and Experiences
https://youtu.be/CVEhL7bfz6g
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7. Activity 1/ Task 1 Discussion

1. What might be a possible research question that the current
research study is trying to answer?
2. What types of questions are used?
3. What order do the questions follow in the questionnaire?
4. What improvements would you like to introduce to the questions?
5. Which results from the questionnaire would you report? Why?
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8. Activity 3: Making sense of Results

- What is the main difference between the presented data in the
sample and the raw data you explored?
- Compare Q10 raw data and Table 5 in the sample Results
section. How do you think the numbers and percentages
appeared on the table?
- Are there examples of topic sentences?
- What are the examples of numbers/fractions?
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9. Activity 2: Quantitative Data Description

Dos
- write with an academic, impartial,
objective tone to increase
credibility;
- provide clear topic sentences that
connect your findings to your
research question;
- take time to establish key findings in
connection to your research
question;
- provide sufficient detail, ensuring
readers have enough information to
understand the results.
Don’ts
- attempt to discuss or interpret
your findings within the results
section;
- present data that is not relevant
to your research question(s);
- overload description with too
many minor details.
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10. Homework

- Analyze your quantitative data;
- Start drafting the paragraphs for Results;
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11. Thank You

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