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PSY 315 Week 1 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
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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
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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
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Individual 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.
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tatisticsfor 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
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PSY 315 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.psy315tutors.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.psy315tutors.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
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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.
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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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PSY 315 Week 2 Practice Problems Worksheet FOR
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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
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PSY 315 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.psy315tutors.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.psy315tutors.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 (PTSD) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.psy315tutors.com Select one of
the 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
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PSY 315 Week 3 Inferential Research and
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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
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PSY 315 Week 3 Practice Problem Worksheet (NEW)
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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 students (N 102). He selects students by
waiting at the door to the classroom prior to his
lecture and pulling aside every third student to
give him or her a questionnaire. a. Is this
sample design an example of random sampling?
Explain.
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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
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PSY 315 Week 3 Team Assignment Hypothesis Testing
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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.psy315tutors.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.psy315tutors.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 (PTSD) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.psy315tutors.com Analyze the
data from 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 Inferential Research and
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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.
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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.
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PSY 315 Week 4 Practice Problem Worksheet (NEW)
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o 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. 2. The Willow Run Outlet Mall has two
Haggar Outlet Stores, one located on Peach Street
and the other on Plum Street. The two stores are
laid out differently, but both store managers
claim their layout maximizes the amounts
customers will purchase on impulse.
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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.
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PSY 315 Week 5 Discussion Question 1 FOR MORE
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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.psy315tutors.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
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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 (PTSD)
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e 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 Inferential Research and
Statistics Project Part 3 Presentation FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.psy315tutors.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 (NEW)
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de 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. Figure
the correlation coefficient. 4. Explain the logic
of what you have done, writing as if you are
speaking to someone who has never heard of
correlation (but who does understand the mean,
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