The statistical procedures used to test and analyze each of the hypotheses were
imbedded in the multiple regression model (Creswell, 2009). There was one omnibus
research question with related hypotheses. There were seven sub-questions accompanied
by seven null and alternate hypotheses statements. To ensure that that the researcher
might get a visual representation of the preliminary data, an exploratory data analysis was
used so that patterns and clues within the data could be found (Cooper & Schindler,
2008). Data were displayed descriptively using frequency tables, scatter plots, and
histograms. Further, to determine if the null hypotheses would be accepted or rejected,
inferential and parametric statistical analyses were completed