statistics in psychology

For your Signature Assignment, you will create a PowerPoint presentation suitable to use for a lecture in an introductory statistics class. You should include the following in your presentation:     A description of why a knowledge of statistics is important in careers in psychology as well as in everyday life.    A description of … Read more

statistics

For this assignment, you read the article written by Buzi, Smith, and Weinman (2014) located on the attachment. These authors used a chi-square analysis to analyze the data from their research study.  Now, write a summary of the research, including background information on the topic, the main hypotheses, methods, results, and the conclusions drawn by … Read more

correlational research

For this task, you will read the attached three news articles intended for a general audience reporting the results from correlational studies. You can find the links to these articles on the attachment. For each of the articles, you will answer the following questions and provide justifications for your answers:     Provide a brief … Read more

scenario statistics

This week, you have learned about t-tests and ANOVA and will apply what you have learned in the evaluation of several research scenarios. For this task, you will read each research scenario and answer the questions regarding each one. Research Scenario 1A researcher is interested in the effects of a new weight loss supplement. Participants … Read more

hypothesis testing

This week, you have read about hypothesis testing and will now apply this knowledge by writing a paper that addresses the following:   –  Provide an example of a hypothesis where a one-tailed hypothesis test would be used.  – Provide an example of a hypothesis where a two-tailed hypothesis test would be used.  –  If … Read more

data set graphs

This assignment has two parts, which will be submitted in one document. For this task, you will calculate the mean, median, and mode for a fictitious data set. These data represent the results of a fictitious study, which investigates whether a new drug (Drug A) is more effective than a placebo (i.e., an inactive substance) … Read more

Critical Appraisal of Research

To Prepare: Reflect on the four peer-reviewed articles you selected in Module 2 and the four systematic reviews (or other filtered high- level evidence) you selected in Module 3.Reflect on the four peer-reviewed articles you selected in Module 2 and analyzed in Module 3.Review and download the Critical Appraisal Tool Worksheet Template provided in the … Read more

signature study assignment

Signature AssignmentRead the Case of Emily. Clearly, use the material presentedthroughout this course and do your own additional investigationrelated to this case. Apply concepts from professional sources suchas the suggested texts, TUW library, etc. to the case study. Considerthe diagnosis and symptoms we learned from the course. Then,discuss how that fits with this presenting client. … Read more

spanking vs not spanking a child for discipline

The goal of this paper is to construct a fair-minded, unbiased, analytical analysis of a topic in a comprehensive essay. This is not an opinion piece or a persuasive essay that simply aims to prove or reinforce what you already believe. This would be confirmation bias, and bias must be avoided in this project.This project … Read more