Program assessment statistical method

Please help with these questions, using the article below and the program assessment statistical method.

Lina Sapokaite Millett, Vered Ben-David, Melissa Jonson-Reid, Greg Echele,
Pam Moussette, and Valerie Atkins (2016). Understanding change among multi-problem families: Learnings from a formative program assessment. Evaluation and Program Planning 58 (2016) 176-183

1. Provide an APA 6 style reference of the article you have selected (including double spaced, hanging indent).

2. What problem(s) or question(s) does this research address?
 
3. What is the overall hypothesis for this study?

4. What are the main variables of interest in this research?

5. Are any variables simply used as control variables? If so, which ones?

6. Briefly describe how the main variables in the study are defined and operationalized.

7. For each variable described in question 6, describe what values each variable could take on (ex. Gender was measured as: male/female, Happiness was measured on a scale of 1 - 10 where 10 = most happy, etc.).

8. For each variable described in question 6, indicate the level of measurement.  Choose from (1) Nominal, (2) Ordinal, (3) Interval/Ratio.

9. What is the population of interest (this is different from the sample!!!)?
 
10. Describe the make-up of the sample (age, ethnicity, gender, etc.).

11. What kind of sampling appears to have been used - probability or nonprobability sampling?

12. What specific type of sampling was used?  Choose from: Convenience/Voluntary Sample, Simple Random Sample, Cluster Sample, Stratified Sample, or Systematic Selection.  

13. Briefly describe the methods used to conduct this study.

14. Describe how the data was analyzed. What technique(s) was/were used (briefly list all analysis methods used)

15. Now focus on the statistical method (program assessment) and the resulting statistics in the article that correspond to the analysis method/topic.  What steps did the author(s) take in analyzing the data?  As you describe data analysis, show a basic understanding of these methods.

16. Describe the main findings of this research.

17. Let's look at how the author(s) presented ONE sample finding from the article (this should relate to the statistical method/topic (program assessment). You will do this by providing the two quotes described below.  Ultimately, you are trying to find a sample that could help other students learn how to present and interpret the selected statistic/topic in an academic article. Use quotation marks followed by APA 6 in-text citations, with author, year, and page number, to properly indicate the source of these words. 

• Provide a quote that shows how the author(s) reported the statistic of focus.  This quote should include a specific statistical value, and will likely also include values such as df and p.  THIS QUOTE WILL COME FROM THE RESULTS SECTION OF THE PAPER/ARTICLE and will likely consist of only 1 or 2 sentences.  

• B.  Provide a quote that shows how the author interpreted the same statistic in a real-world way (likely, no specific statistical value is included in this quote). THIS QUOTE WILL COME FROM THE DISCUSSION OR CONCLUSION SECTION OF THE PAPER/ARTICLE and will likely consist of 2 to 3 sentences.  

18. How did the results compare with the original hypothesis? The response should be more than "the hypothesis was confirmed/not confirmed".  Describe which hypotheses were and were not confirmed and what that means.