HBC203 End-of-Course Assessment
Instructions To Students:
- This End-of-Course Assessment paper comprises 6 pages (including the cover page).
- You are to include the following particulars in your submission: Course Code, Title of the ECA, SUSS PI No., Your Name, and Submission Date.
- Ensure that you submit your End-of-Course Assessment by the deadline. After the 12-hour grace period, 10% of the total End-of-Course Assessment mark will be deducted for each 24-hour block or part thereof by which your submission is late. Submissions with more than 50 marks deducted will be awarded 0 marks.
- You are allowed multiple submissions to Turnitin before the deadline. After the deadline, only one submission is allowed, and only if you have not already made a prior submission.
- If you fail to submit your End-of-Course Assessment, you will be deemed to have withdrawn from the course.
ECA Submission Guidelines
Please read this information before you start working on your ECA.
This ECA carries 40% of the course marks and is a compulsory component. It is to be done individually and not collaboratively with other students. You must submit it on time.
Question 1
Overview
In this assignment, you will apply the knowledge and skills that you learnt in HBC203 to a) develop research questions, b) analyse an existing data set using jamovi to answer those research questions, and c) interpret the results of your analyses.
To that end, you will submit a 2,000-word report. The word count includes tables but excludes the references and appendix sections. Words beyond the 2,000-word limit will NOT be graded. For example, the marker will read the first 2,000 words in a 2,300-word report and ignore the last 300 words. No penalty is imposed if you submit a report with less than 2,000 words.
Details about this assignment are described below.
Description of the study
Chronic sleep deprivation has been a growing concern in recent years due to its detrimental effects on multiple aspects of a person’s life. A group of sleep scientists would like to identify factors that are associated with chronic sleep deprivation so that they may offer solutions to alleviate this problem in Singapore. They sent out an email to all employees working in 7 major banks in Singapore to complete an online survey. All employees were highly encouraged to respond to the survey. They were given 1 month to complete the survey and received weekly email reminders to do so.
Dataset
The data collected from the study are presented in HBC203 ECA Dataset.csv. The table in the Appendix summarises the information gathered in the study and the response options for each question (if there were any).
Note for Mac users: Please use a web browser other than Safari to download the .csv file from Canvas. Otherwise, you may be unable to open the downloaded file.
Report
Structure your report in the following manner:
1. Introduction
(a) Briefly explain why it is important to address the growing concern on chronic sleep deprivation in Singapore.
(b) Identify FOUR research questions that you want to answer with this dataset.
- You must only use variables that are either already existing in the dataset or variables that you can create from the existing ones.
- You may change the scale of measurement of the variables (e.g., from continuous to categorical), if needed.
- You may use a subset of survey respondents in the dataset, where appropriate.
- If you choose to change the scale of measurement of the variables or use a subset of survey respondents, you must justify why you are doing so in your report.
- To show your ability to analyse different types of data, you must use at least TWO different analysis methods. In other words, you should not use the same analysis method (e.g., correlation) to answer all four research questions.
- You must only use analysis methods that have been taught in HBC203. No marks will be awarded for analysis methods that have not been taught in HBC203 regardless of whether it is a valid analysis method or not.
2. For EACH research question that you have identified:
(a) Write a short literature review to explain why it is important to investigate the research question.
- Use at least 2 academic references (e.g., journal articles, book chapters) per research question and cite all references in APA7 format.
- You may use references or research studies conducted in any country i.e., it does not have to be limited to Singapore.
(b) Clearly state what you expect to see in your analysis results (i.e., your prediction) and explain your prediction using findings from existing research.
(c) Conduct the analysis using Jamovi and report your results in the manner stated below:
- Identify the most appropriate analysis method to answer the research question and explain why that is the most appropriate analysis to use.
- Provide a screenshot of all Jamovi output that you used to interpret the results from your analysis. If you had created new variables from existing ones in the dataset, clearly describe how these new variables were created and provide a screenshot of the Jamovi dataset with the new variables.
- Ensure that your screenshots are clear and easy to read at Word document Zoom setting of 100%. No marks will be awarded if the marker is unable to clearly and easily read the details (e.g., numbers) in your screenshots.
- Interpret the Jamovi output fully and report your results in APA format.
(d) Discuss the results from your analysis. Your discussion should minimally address these questions below:
- Do the results from your analysis support your prediction?
- How similar or different are your results from what is presented in the literature? Why might there be differences?
- What are the practical or theoretical implications of your results? That is, how can we use what you have found in your analysis?
- What are the key limitations in this study that could reduce the credibility of the results?
- How would you address the limitations (e.g., what other information would you collect if you were to conduct this study)?
- Justify what you would do to address the limitations (e.g., why would collecting additional information address the limitations).
3. Conclusion
Provide a summary of key findings and implications based on the analyses from the four research questions.
4. Word count
- State the number of words written from the Introduction section to Conclusion section (including all headings, citations, and tables).
- Exclude the jamovi output from your word count.
5. References
- Provide a list of all references that you cited in your report.
- Your report must adhere to APA standards of formatting and reference. It should also be clear, concise, and coherent. Refer to this website for the latest APA style guide (7th edition): https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines.
Please Note
The ECA will be graded holistically with the following criteria:
- Quality of introduction and literature review (e.g., research questions proposed are clearly relevant, academic sources used are highly reliable, theories and evidence clearly support hypotheses and predictions)
- Quality of analysis (e.g., both descriptive and inferential statistics reported, correct statistical tests justified and conducted, necessary follow-up analyses performed, no unrelated analyses conducted, statistical output correctly interpreted)
- Quality of discussion and conclusion (e.g., clear summary of main findings, findings linked with those in the current literature, inconsistencies between findings and current literature explained, recommendations for changes based on the findings suggested, limitations of the study discussed, future directions proposed)
- Quality of structure and organization of information (e.g., clear and coherent writing throughout, excellent flow between paragraphs and sections)
- Adherence to APA formatting (e.g., citations, results, references)
The following penalties may be imposed:
- Deduction of up to 5 marks for incorrect and/or inadequate citations and references
- Deduction of up to 5 marks for using dubious, non-academic sources (e.g., blogs, Wikipedia)
- Deduction of up to 5 marks for poor language proficiency (including grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors)
Plagiarism will be severely dealt with at SUSS. To avoid plagiarism, please remember to use your own words in the report.
- Content that is generated by AI software (e.g., ChatGPT) without citation/declaration is not allowed.
- If you include any AI-generated content in your assignments, please cite it according to SUSS guidelines on the use of AI. For example, direct quotes must be placed within quotation marks and their sources must be indicated.
- The use of AI-generated content is subject to similar plagiarism rules as the use of published sources.
- As in the case with published sources, AI should never take over or drown out your voice as the author of the essay but should only serve as a source of ideas and arguments, examples, or illustrations, etc. to help you present your position on an issue.
(100 marks)
Appendix
| Variable | Value label | Response options | Notes |
| ID | Respondent ID | ||
| Age | Age | ||
| Income_hh | Average monthly household income (rounded to nearest dollar) | 0 = Less than
$3500 1 = $3500 to $5000 2 = $5001 to $7500 3 = $7501 to $10,000 4 = More than $10,000 |
For example:
If the average monthly household income is $5000.30, the respondent should select “$3500 to $5000”. If the average monthly household income is $5000.70, the respondent should select “$5001 to $7500”.
|
| Dependents | Number of dependents living in the same household | ||
| Sleep_hrs | Average sleep duration per day
(hours) |
Less than 5 hours
5 to 6 hours More than 6, up to 7 hours More than 7 hours |
|
| Rest | How well-rested respondent feels when he/she wakes up (on a 7point scale) | Respondents are asked to answer this question: “On a scale of 1 (not at all) to 7 (extremely), how well-rested do you feel at the point of waking up to start your day?
1 = Not well-rested at all; 7 = Extremely well-rested Assume that this is measured with at least an interval scale |
|
| Exercise_days | Frequency of exercise (days per week) | Respondents are asked to answer this question: “How many days do you exercise per week?” | |
| Stress | Self-perceived stress level in the past month | 0 = Never/Almost never
1 = Sometimes 2 = Often/Always |
Respondents are asked to answer this question: “In the past month, how often have you found that you could not cope with all the things that you had to do?” |
| Device | Use of smartphone less than 1 hour before bedtime every night | 0 = No
1 = Sometimes 2 = Yes |
Respondents are asked to answer this question: “Do you use your smartphone/mobile device less than 1 hour before bed every night?” |
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