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PSY 315 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.psy315genius.com What are the
differences between quantitative and qualitative
data? What are some examples of each?
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PSY 315 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.psy315genius.com What are
descriptive statistics, and how might you use
descriptive statistics in your personal life?
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PSY 315 Week 1 Individual Assignment Research,
Statistics, and Psychology Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
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Assignment Research, Statistics, and Psychology
Paper Resources Assigned readings, ERRs, the
Internet, and other sources Prepare a 700- to
1,050-word paper in which you examine the role of
research and statistics in the field of
psychology. Address the following items
thoroughly  o    Define research and the
scientific method (include an explanation of all
five steps). o    Compare and contrast the
characteristics of primary and secondary
data. o    Explain the role of statistics in
research. (Keep the focus within the field of
psychology).  Format your paper according to APA
standards. Complete the Certificate of
Originality Report and submit to the Assignments
link as an attachment along with this assignment.
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PSY 315 Week 1 Practice Problem Worksheet
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www.psy315genius.com Provide a response to the
following questions. Written responses should be
at least 30 to 45 words each. 1. Explain and
provide an example for each of the following
types of variables a. Nominal b. Ordinal c.
Interval d. Ratio scale e. Continuous f.
Discrete g. Quantitative h. Qualitative 2. The
following are the speeds of 40 cars clocked by
radar on a particular road in a 35 miles-per-hour
zone on an afternoon 30, 36, 42, 36, 30, 52, 36,
34, 36, 33, 30, 32, 35, 32, 37, 34, 36, 31, 35,
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38, 40, 52, 31, 33, 15, 27, 36, 40 Create a
frequency table and a histogram. Then, describe
the general shape of the distribution. 3.
Raskauskas and Stoltz (2007) asked a group of 84
adolescents about their involvement in
traditional and electronic bullying. The
researchers defined electronic bullying as a
means of bullying in which peers use
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Statisticsfor Psychology  Complete the Week One
Practice Problems Worksheet.  Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your
assignment.  Note. Computation methods may
include the use of Microsoft Excel, SPSS,
Lotus, SAS, Minitab, or by-hand
computation. Chapter 1  12. Explain and give an
example for each of the following types of
variables  a.       Equal interval b.     
Rank-order c.       Nominal d.      Ratio
scale e.       Continuous f.       Discrete  
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PSY 315 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.psy315genius.com The median
home price in your area has increased in the last
10 years, how does this differ from the mean home
price in your area? How does this illustrate what
the mean and median are?
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PSY 315 Week 2 Discussion Question 2 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.psy315genius.com How effective
are the pie charts that often accompany a
newspaper article in explaining the statistics
being used in the article? Can you find an
example of a pie chart?
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PSY 315 Week 2 Learning team assignment
Descriptive and Inferential Statistics Paper
andTeam Charter FOR MORE CLASSES
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AssignmentDescriptive and Inferential Statistics
Paper Team Charter see Rubric in the Course
MaterialsForum, Also post the team charter to the
Assignments section with the completed
assignment.  Resources Assigned readings, ERRs,
the Internet, and other sources Prepare a 700- to
1,050-word paper in which you examine the
differences between descriptive and inferential
statistics. Address the following items  o   
Describe the functions of statistics. o    Define
descriptive and inferential statistics. o   
Provideat least one example of the relationship
between descriptive and inferential
statistics. Format your paper according to APA
standards. Complete the Certificate of
Originality Report and submit to the Assignments
link as an attachment along with this assignment.
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PSY 315 Week 2 Learning team assignment
Descriptive and Inferential Statistics
Presentation (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
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journal article Create a 7- to 10-slide
presentation with speaker notes examining the
differences between descriptive and inferential
statistics used in the journal article you were
assigned. Address the following items as they
apply to the article Describe the functions of
statistics. Define descriptive and inferential
statistics.Provide at least one example of the
relationship between descriptive and inferential
statistics. Format your presentation consistent
with APA guidelines.Click the Assignment Files
tab to submit your assignment.
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tatisticsfor Psychology  Complete the Week Two
Practice Problems Worksheet.  Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your
assignment.Note. Computation methods may include
the use of Microsoft Excel, SPSS, Lotus,
SAS, Minitab, or by-hand computation.  Chapter
2  12.  For the following scores, find the mean,
median, sum of squared deviations, variance, and
standard deviation 1,112 1,245 1,361 1,372
1,472   16.  A psychologist interested in
political behavior measured the square footage of
the desks in the official office for four U.S.
governors and of four chief executive officers
(CEOs) of major U.S. corporations. The figures
for the governors were 44, 36, 52, and 40 square
feet. The figures for the CEOs were 32, 60, 48,
36 square feet.
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PSY 315 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.psy315genius.com What are some
terms related to hypothesis testing with which
you are already familiar? What are the five steps
of hypothesis testing? Why do the null and
alternative hypotheses have to be mutually
exclusive?
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PSY 315 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.psy315genius.com What is the
difference between null and alternative
hypotheses statements in one-tailed and
two-tailed tests? What are significance/alpha
levels and how does using a one versus a two
tailed test affect significance levels?
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PSY 315 Week 3 Inferential Research and
Statistics Project Part 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
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following scenarios based on your particular
field of interest in psychology
Industrial/Organizational Psychology o A few
months ago, the upper management at a large
corporation decided they wanted to make major
changes in the organization. Leadership is
concerned that employees may be resistant to the
change, and they want to find out if there is a
change management method that would help
employees accept change more effectively and keep
employee satisfaction high. Two methods they have
considered are the ADKAR Framework and the Prosci
Change Management Methodology. The company wants
to implement a small change in two departments
before they make any major organization changes
and would like to test the methods. The
corporation uses the Devine Company to measure
employee satisfaction with an anonymous survey.
Applied Psychology o A large medical facility is
experiencing too many missed appointments in its
primary and specialty care clinics. The facility
has noticed that not all patients respond well to
reminder calls regarding follow-
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PSY 315 Week 3 Practice Problem Worksheet
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www.psy315genius.com On a standard measure of
hearing ability, the mean is 300, and the
standard deviation is 20. Provide the Z scores
for persons whose raw scores are 340, 310, and
260. Provide the raw scores for persons whose Z
scores on this test are 2.4, 1.5, and -4.5. 2.
Using the unit normal table, find the proportion
under the standard normal curve that lies to the
right of each of the following a. z 1.00 b. z
-1.05 c. z 0 d. z 2.80 e. z 1.96 3.
Suppose the scores of architects on a particular
creativity test are normally distributed. Using a
normal curve table (pp. 477480 of the text),
what percentage of architects have Z scores a.
Above .10? b. Below .10? c. Above .20? d. Below
.20? e. Above 1.10? f. Below 1.10? g. Above -.10?
h. Below -.10? 4. A statistics instructor wants
to measure the effectiveness of his teaching
skills in a class of 102
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tatistics for Psychology  Complete the Week Three
Practice Problems Worksheet.Click the
assignment files tab to submit your
assignment.  Note. Methods of computation may
include the usage of Microsoft Excel, SPSS,
Lotus, SAS, Minitab, or by-hand
computation.  Chapter 4  List the five steps of
hypothesis testing, and explain the procedure and
logic of each.    Based on the information given
for the following studies, decide whether to
reject the null hypothesis. Assume that all
populations are normally distributed. For each,
give            a.       The Z-score cutoff (or
cutoffs) on the comparison distribution at which
the null hypothesis should be rejected.
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PSY 315 Week 3 Team Assignment Hypothesis
Testing Lesson Presentation FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.psy315genius.com Prepare a 7- to
10-slide Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation with
speaker notes, as a lesson to explain the null
and alternative hypothesis and how to use a
z-test to test the null hypothesis.   Provide an
example to illustrate your lesson.   Include a
minimum of 1-2 peer-reviewed resources as
references.  Click the Assignment Files tab to
submit your assignment.
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PSY 315 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.psy315genius.com What is a
t-Test? How is the t-Test different from what we
learned last week? What is the normal
distribution and how does it relate to the
t-test? What is an example of a situation in
which you would use a t Test for dependent means?
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PSY 315 Week 4 Discussion Question 2 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.psy315genius.com What is the
theory underlying the ANOVA? Why is it
important?  What are the differences between a
two sample t-test and ANOVA hypothesis testing? 
What is an example of a research idea that would
need to be analyzed using an ANOVA?
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PSY 315 Week 4 Inferential Research and
Statistics Project Part 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
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Part 1 using Microsoft Excel software. Write a
700- to 875-word paper that includes the
following information Describe what method you
are using to compare groups. Copy and paste the
output into a Microsoft Word document, and also
answer the following questions o What is the
significance level of the comparison? o What was
the alpha level you identified in Week 3? o What
was the means and variance for each variable? o
What was the test statistic? o What was the
critical value for both the one- and two-tailed
test? o Was your test one-tailed or two-tailed? o
Were you able to reject the null hypothesis? In
other words, did you prove there was a
difference? Talk about what these results mean
in everyday language and in context to your
chosen scenario. Make a recommendation based on
the findings. Format your paper according to APA
guidelines. Example of Output You Would Use to
Answer These Questions
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PSY 315 Week 4 Learning team assignment
Hypothesis Testing Paper on Psycological reason
for Depression FOR MORE CLASSES
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Assignment Hypothesis Testing Paper  Resources
Assigned readings, ERRs, the Internet, and other
sources  Select a research issue, problem, or
opportunity in the field of psychology.  Obtain
instructor approval for your research issue,
problem, or opportunity before completing your
Hypothesis Testing Paper.  Prepare a 1,050- to
1,750-word paper in which you formulate a
hypothesis based on your selected research issue,
problem, or opportunity. See the rubric in the
Course Materials forum.  Address the
following  o    Describe your selected research
issue, problem, or opportunity. o    Formulate
both a numerical and verbal hypothesis statement
concerning your selected research issue, problem,
or opportunity.
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PSY 315 Week 4 Practice Problem Worksheet
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www.psy315genius.com Two boats, the Prada
(Italy) and the Oracle (USA), are competing for a
spot in the upcoming Americas Cup race. They
race over a part of the course several times. The
sample times in minutes for the Prada were as
follows 12.9, 12.5, 11.0, 13.3, 11.2, 11.4,
11.6, 12.3, 14.2, and 11.3. The sample times in
minutes for the Oracle were as follows 14.1,
14.1, 14.2, 17.4, 15.8, 16.7, 16.1, 13.3, 13.4,
13.6, 10.8, and 19.0. For data analysis, the
appropriate test is the t test two-sample
assuming unequal variances. The next table shows
the results of this independent t test. At the
.05 significance level, can you conclude that
there is a difference in their mean times?
Explain these results to a person who knows about
the t test for a single sample but who is
unfamiliar with the t test for independent means.
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7  The table below shows ratings of various
aspects of work and home life of 100 middle-class
men in India who were fathers. Pick three rows of
interest to you and explain the results to
someone who is familiar with the mean, variance,
and Z scores, but knows nothing else about
statistics. Chapter 8  Barker and colleagues
(2012) compared 61 parents fo children who had a
serious mental illness (SMI) to 321 parents of
children withour such an illness. The researchers
examined the parents reported levels of stress,
their levels of a hormone called cortisol (levels
of this hormone provide an indication of chronic
stress), and their use of several types of
medication. The table below shows the results of
the study. Focusing on the parents number of
stressors (the first row of the table) and the
parents use of medications for anxiety or
depression (the last row in the table), explain
these results to a person who knows about
the t test for a single sample but is unfamiliar
with the t test for independent means.
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PSY 315 Week 5 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.psy315genius.com What is
a correlation? What are the different types of
correlation research? Why is it important to
determine correlation? How is the strength of a
correlation determined?
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PSY 315 Week 5 Discussion Question 2 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.psy315genius.com If anxiety and
depression are correlated, what three possible
directions of causality might explain this
correlation?
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PSY 315 Week 5 Individual Assignment Hypothesis
Testing Paper FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.psy315gen
ius.com Resource Instructor approved research
issue, problem, or opportunity in the field of
psychology Prepare a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper
in which you formulate a hypothesis based on your
selected research issue, problem, or
opportunity. Address the following Describe your
selected research issue, problem, or
opportunity. Formulate a hypothesis statement
concerning your selected research issue, problem,
or opportunity. Determine your population and
describe which sampling method you would use to
generate your sample Describe how you would
collect your data, the level of measurement of
your data and which statistical technique you
would use to analyze the data.  Explain why you
chose that statistical technique.
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PSY 315 Week 5 Inferential Research and
Statistics Project Part 3 Presentation FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.psy315genius.com Create a 12-
to 15-slide presentation using the information
you gathered and submitted in Weeks 3 4.
Include the following Describe the problem,
and provide some brief background about the
situation. Explain the research hypothesis.
Describe your sample and your sampling method.
Explain the four steps of the research process
you followed, and define the critical value and
the test statistic your analysis provided.
Provide the main finding of the study. What did
you prove or fail to prove? Provide
recommendations based on your findings. Format
any citations in your presentation according to
APA guidelines.
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PSY 315 Week 5 Practice Problem Worksheet
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www.psy315genius.com Provide a response to the
following questions. Note Each team member
should compute the following questions and submit
them to the Learning Team forum. The team should
then discuss each team members answers to
ascertain the correct answer for each question.
Once your team has answered all the questions,
submit a finalized team worksheet. Your research
team has been tasked with finding the correlation
of the following scenario Four research
participants take a test of manual dexterity
(high scores mean better dexterity) and an
anxiety test (high scores mean more anxiety). The
scores are as follows Person Dexterity Anxiety 1
1 10 2 1 8 3 2 4 4 4 -2 Describe the process your
research team would go through by completing the
following 1. Create a scatter diagram of the
scores, which should be a negative direction. 2.
Describe in words the general pattern of
correlation, if any. 3.
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