Step 5: Formulate conclusions
(s) Write a few sentences summarizing your analysis for this research study, in particular:
- What did you learn about the association between donor choice and the default option given in the sample data?
- What did you learn about the association between donor choice and the default option in the population?
- Was the association in the sample statistically significant? How are you deciding?
- What did you learn from the confidence intervals?
- Are you willing to draw a cause-and-effect conclusion from this association? How are you deciding?
- What population are you willing to generalize this study to? How are you deciding?
Step 6: Look back and ahead
(t) What concerns do you have about how these data were collected and how that might impact the conclusions you can draw from this study? What research question would you next pose about this context?
