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PSYCH 610 Entire Course For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com     PSYCH 610 Week 1
Individual Assignment Research Studies
Questionnaire PSYCH 610 Week 2 Individual
Assignment Week Two Homework Exercise PSYCH 610
Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Analysis of
Ethical Dilemma                                  
                     
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PSYCH 610 Week 1 Individual Assignment Research
Studies Questionnaire For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com     Search for
research articles from peer-reviewed publications
in the University Library. Examples of
peer-reviewed publications are listed in Table
2.1 in Chapter 2 of Methods in Behavioral
Research. Select four research articles to
review. Include at least one applied research
article and one basic research article. Be sure
to apply the scientific method to evaluate the
evidence presented in the selected articles. Use
these articles as a framework for completing the
questionnaire. Write a 100- to 500-word answer to
each of the following questions                   
                                   
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PSYCH 610 Week 2 Individual Assignment Week Two
Homework Exercise For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com     Answer the
following questions covering material from Ch.
15 of Methods in Behavioral Research 1. A
researcher is interested in studying the effects
of different levels of distractionnone, low, and
highon scores on a test of visual memory.
Participants are randomly assigned to one of
three conditions no distraction, low
distraction, or high distraction. All
participants engage in a test of visual memory.
What is the independent variable? What is the
dependent variable? What is the purpose of random
assignment to groups? What is the purpose of
random assignment to groups?                      
                                 
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PSYCH 610 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment
Analysis of Ethical Dilemma For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com     Read the following
scenario A well-known researcher at a major
university has two graduate student assistants.
He conducts three studies in his laboratory, all
of which involve very labor-intensive procedures.
The graduate research assistants complete all of
the data collection. They also assist in writing
the Discussion section of the final article,
adding their thoughts and suggestions to the
various drafts. The article is accepted into a
leading journal for publication. The primary
researcher lists only himself as author of the
article, claiming that he wrote at least 75 of
the final paper.                                  
                     
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PSYCH 610 Week 3 Individual Assignment Week Three
Homework Exercise For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com     Answer the
following questions covering material from Ch. 6
7 of Methods in Behavioral Research 1. What is
reactivity? Explain how reactivity impacts
measurement. 2. What are the key features of an
experimental design, or true experiment? How
does this compare to case studies?                
                                       
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PSYCH 610 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment
Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research For more
classes visit www.snaptutorial.com     Complete
the Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research
assignment found on your student
website                                      
                     
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PSYCH 610 Week 4 Individual Assignment Critical
Analysis of Research Article For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com     Select a research
article of interest to you, preferably related to
your Research Proposal, and use the Research
Evaluation Worksheet found on the student website
to analyze the article. You can use this
information to help you form the literature
review section of your research proposal.
                                     
                     
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PSYCH 610 Week 4 Individual Assignment Week Four
Homework Exercise For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com     Answer the
following questions, covering material from Ch
810 of Methods in Behavioral Research 1. What
is a confounding variable and why do researchers
try to eliminate confounding variables? Provide
two examples of confounding variables.            
                                           
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PSYCH 610 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Survey
Questions For more classes visit www.snaptutoria
l.com     As a team, locate at least two surveys
(you can use any survey that you find on the
internet). Try to find one that is relatively
brief- 10 questions or less. Analyze the
questions in the survey. Construct a table, such
as that presented on page 127 of Methods in
Behavioral Research (2009). Evaluate each survey
question on the following points negative
wording complexity (note good questions are
simpl                                 
                     
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PSYCH 610 Week 5 Individual Assignment Outline of
Research Proposal For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com     Prepare a
2-pageoutline of your Research Proposal. The
outline should provide an overview of the main
elements of your proposal. It should include An
introduction A brief statement of purpose The
rationale for conducting the study Your
hypotheses and research questions                
                                       
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PSYCH 610 Week 5 Individual Assignment Week Five
Homework Exercise For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com     1. What are
single-case designs and when are they most
useful? 2. How may a researcher enhance the
generalizability of the results of a single case
design? 3. What is the relationship between
quasi-experiments and confounding variables?
Provide an example 4. Provide examples of
one-group posttest designs and one-group pretest
and posttest designs. What are the limitations of
each?                                  
                     
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PSYCH 610 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment The
Hawthorne Effect For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Complete the
Hawthorne Effect assignment found on your student
website.                                    
                     
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PSYCH 610 Week 6 Individual Assignment Week Six
Homework Exercise For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Answer the following
questions, covering material from Ch. 12 of
Methods in Behavioral Research 1. Define the
following terms 2. How are group means,
percentages, and correlations used to describe
research results? 3. How can graphs be used to
describe and summarize data? 4. A researcher is
studying reading rates in milliseconds per
syllable. What scale of measurementnominal,
ordinal, interval, or ratiois time in
milliseconds? Explain your response. 5. Under
what circumstances is the median or mode a better
measure of central tendency than the mean?
                                 
                     
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PSYCH 610 Week 6 Learning Team Assignment
Developmental Research For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Complete the
Developmental Research assignment found on your
student website. Complete the table using
complete sentences for your answers.
                                     
                     
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PSYCH 610 Week 7 Individual Assignment Week Seven
Homework Exercise For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   Answer the following
questions, covering material from Ch. 13 of
Methods in Behavioral Research 1. Define
inferential statistics and how researchers use
inferential statistics to draw conclusions from
sample data. 2. Define probability and discuss
how it relates to the concept of statistical
significance.                                  
                     
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PSYCH 610 Week 7 Learning Team Assignment
Correlation For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com   Complete the Correlation assignment
found on your student website. You will need to
plot the data given and answer the questions.
                                 
                     
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PSYCH 610 Week 8 Individual Assignment Research
Proposal For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com   Submit the Research Proposal. Include all
parts given in the instructions found on your
student website                                  
                     
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PSYCH 610 Week 8 Individual Assignment Research
Proposal For more classes visit www.snaptutorial
.com   Submit the Research Proposal. Include all
parts given in the instructions found on your
student website                                  
                     
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PSYCH 610 Week 8 Learning Team Assignment Course
Summary For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com   As a team, complete a summary of the main
points of the course. In about a paragraph each,
summarize what you learned about the
following 1. Research and the scientific
method 2. Research ethics 3. Meaning of
reliability and validity 4. Overview of basic
research designs Define descriptive and
interferential statistics and give an example of
each                                    
                     
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