STAB23 Fall 2022: COVID-19 Project

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STAB23 Fall 2022: COVID-19 Project

Due Saturday, July 16th, 2023 at 11:59PM EST

In groups of 3-5, you will use Excel (or R Studio) to analyze the survey data. A basic R script will be presented to the class for students to modify in a way that is relevant to their own questions.

We have partitioned the questions into different themes.  For you report you should not focus on all of them.  Choose a particular topic that you are inter- ested in and direct your research question towards addressing a handful of the questions contained within the themes.  For example in the Fall 2020 semester, within education, some students were interested in determining whether there is an  association  between feeling  that  the  school year was  negatively  impacted  by COVID,  and feeling  that  it  is  harder to  stay  organized  during  the  school year (two  questions found in  their version  of the  survey  questions) .   You  may  do  a statistical analysis pertaining to this .

Your report should be between 5-7 pages of writing (this will not include figures or tables you may have).  Please make sure this is double spaced.  It should contain the following:

❼ Introduction:  Introduce the question you wish to address, and the back-

ground context.

❼ Methods section:  This is the statistical analysis.  It should contain both

descriptive and inferential statistics.   Make sure you mention how you acquired the data (i.e. survey sampling), as well as the sampling size.

❼ Results:  A section that presents your main findings, and includes your

figures/tables. Include data visualization, tables and inference in the reults section. The sample report contains these sections outside of the results which you need not do.

❼ Discussion/conclusions: A section which should contain limitations, over-

all themes pertaining to your findings, and next questions that can be asked (and the statistical analysis that should precede it).

❼ Include a reference section. Use APA format throughout the report.


Before you submit the final report, you will submit a draft of your report on Quercus.  A member of the teaching team will provide you with feedback re- garding your initial report.

Note: If a sequence of actions presents as the following:

❼ Do you agree with option A? (Yes/No)

❼ If yes answer the following, etc.

Then you may not see student responses if they answered ”no.” This means a blank response to subsequent question should be logical, and is not missing data.

MENTAL HEALTH

1.  “To what extent do you agree with the following statement:  ”the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic increased your feelings of loneli- ness or isolation?” (Options: Strongly disagree, Disagree, Neutral, Agree, Strongly Agree)

2.  To what extent have you experienced any signs of anxiety/depression since the pandemic began? (Options: Not at all, A little bit, Somewhat, A great deal)

3.  Did you maintain any personal practices or activities during the COVID-

19 pandemic that were catered towards preventing possible mental health difficulties?  (Options: Yes, No)

4.  During the COVID-19 pandemic, were mental health aids and tools easily accessible to you?  (Options: Yes, No)

5.  Do you feel that the university (UTSC) has provided comprehensive men-tal health and academic support services and resources to undergraduate/post- graduate students post-pandemic?  (Options: Yes, No)

6.  To what degree did you find it difficult to maintain a social support net- work during the pandemic (Options: A great deal, A lot, Somewhat, Not at all)

EDUCATION

1.  Did you find it difficult to transition from online exams to in- person exams?  (Options: Yes, No)


2.  To what extent did you find the transition from in-person to online learn- ing overwhelming?   (Options:  Extremely overwhelming, Overwhelming, Neutral, A little bit overwhelming, and, Not overwhelming at all)

3.  How concerned are you about the potential impact of Covid-19 on find- ing research/co-op placements?   (Not concerned,  Somewhat concerned, Concerned)

4.  Did the pandemic affect your decision on whether or not to pursue post- secondary education?  (Options: Yes, No)

5.  Did you find the transition from online-learning back to in-person learning overwhelming?  (Options: Yes, No)

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