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Principles of Monitoring & Evaluation in IED (EDUC 6462)

Fall 2025

ASSIGNMENT 4: Due Wednesday, December 3 @ 11.59 pm

Total points: 25

Data: Come up with your own data (in the field of education). It can be either US based or international. It should be authentic data and you will need to provide a reference of the data source.

Part I:

1. Navigate the data and different variables in the dataset. Pick a research question of your choice. State the research question and the motivation for this question. (1 point)

2. List the variables of interest that you will need to examine in order to tackle your research question. (1 point)

3. Describe these variables of interest (using at least: descriptive statistics, histograms, and distribution tables) and provide a brief summary of what you have found (2 points)

4. Take a random sample of 80% of your data. (Don’t forget to set your seed when taking a random sample of the data to make sure your work can be reproduced) (1 point)

5. Analyze the data to address your research question and provide a brief summary of your findings with appropriate tables or charts (as needed) and interpretations of the results. Make sure to relate the analysis to the research question or the hypothesis you have formed. You need to conduct at least two types of analyses:

a) A correlational analysis (6 points)

a. After your first correlation analysis, conduct a proper power analysis to check for power using one of your key correlation coefficients and the sample size you chose.

b. Comment on your power and make the necessary adjustments before continuing on with your next piece of analysis. (Adjustments may or may not entail changing your sample size). Describe all adjustments made, if any.

b) An OLS multiple regression analysis (4 points)

a. There is no need to conduct power analysis here. Remember to include the relevant interpretations.

Part II:

6. Keeping your last used sample: State a second research question and the motivation for this question (1 point).

7. List the variables of interest that you will need to examine in order to tackle your research question. (1 point)

8. Describe these variables of interest (using at least: descriptive statistics, histograms, and distribution tables) and provide a brief summary of what you have found (2 points)

9. Analyze the data using t-test, Chi-squared test, or ANOVA analysis to address your second research question, and provide a brief summary of your findings with appropriate tables or charts (as needed) and interpretations of the results. Make sure to relate the analysis to the research question or the hypothesis you have formed. (6 points)

Instructions for Submission:

• Use word doc to respond to the questions, 12 point Times New Roman, 1 inch margin on all sides

• Your final write-up should not exceed 12 pages (including tables and charts).

• Include your Stata commands (not the output) in the appendix in the word document.

• Include your Stata data and stata ‘do’ file in the canvas along with the word doc (3 documents in total).

• Name your word files as “last name_(initial of first name)_Assign4” and include your name in the document as well. Upload all three files (word, stata data, and stata do file) in canvas.