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PSY 325 Entire Course (Ash)

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PSY 325 Week 1 Assignment Final Paper Topic Proposal

PSY 325 Week 1 DQ 1 Types of Data
PSY 325 Week 1 DQ 2 Measures of Variability and Central Tendency
PSY 325 Week 2 Assignment Article Summary
PSY 325 Week 2 DQ 1 Graphs
PSY 325 Week 2 DQ 2 Standard Normal Distribution
PSY 325 Week 3 Assignment Final Paper Outline
PSY 325 Week 3 DQ 1 Choose the Analysis
PSY 325 Week 3 DQ 2 Repeated Measures
PSY 325 Week 4 DQ 1 Correlation
PSY 325 Week 4 DQ 2 Regression


PSY 325 Week 1 Assignment Final Paper Topic Proposal (Ash)
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Final Paper Topic Proposal. For the Final Paper, you will identify
three to five research studies from peer-reviewed sources that were
published within the last ten years, which investigate a particular social
science problem or topic. The Final Paper will focus on critiquing the
varying statistical approaches used in each of these studies.
Your assignment this week is to identify the topic that you intend to
focus on for your Final Paper. You may select any social science
problem or topic; however, it must be something that has been studied
using quantitative research methods. Some examples of possible topics
include:
Effectiveness of therapeutic interventions for a psychological disorder
Causes or treatment strategies for violence and aggression

PSY 325 Week 1 DQ 1 Types of Data (Ash)

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Types of Data. Give an example of a research question that includes

an independent and a dependent variable. These are usually presented
as, "How does A affect B?", where A is your independent variable and B
is your dependent variable. Describe the independent and dependent
variables in terms of whether they are nominal (also called
categorical), ordinal, interval, or ratio variables (interval or ratio
variables are also called continuous variables). How would you study
this research question?

PSY 325 Week 1 DQ 2 Measures of Variability and Central Tendency (Ash

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Measures of Central Tendency. For this discussion, come up with 20

different data points (set of data) and enter them into the first column
in an Excel spreadsheet. The data points can be any numbers you want
as long as there are 20 of them. Your set of data should reflectoneof
the following criteria:
Create a set of data for which the mean is greater than the median.
or
Create a set of data for which the mean and median are equal but are
different from the mode.
You will then use the descriptive statistics option in Excel, which is
explained in Chapter 1 of your course text. You should get an output
similar to Figure 1.2. This output must contain the following values:
mean, standard error, median, mode, standard deviation, sample
variance, kurtosis, skewness, range, minimum, maximum, sum, count.
Begin your discussion by reporting your results for each of these
values. Based on this output, which single value best describes this set
of data and why? If you could pick three of these values instead of only

PSY 325 Week 2 Assignment Article Summary (Ash)

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Article Summary. For your Final Paper you will identify three to five
quantitative research studies from peer-reviewed sources which were
published within the last ten years and that investigate a particular
social science problem or topic. The Final Paper will focus on critiquing
the varying statistical approaches used in each of these studies and
assess the strengths and weaknesses of each as it relates to the study
of the problem or topic identified.
This week, utilize the University Library to select the three to five
research studies which investigate the particular social science
problem or topic you have chosen. Write a short summary of each of
the studies. To be sure that each study meets the requirements for the
Final Paper, address each question below as you summarize the article:
What topic is being investigated in this study?
What is the research question or questions being proposed in this
study?

PSY 325 Week 2 DQ 1 Graphs (Ash)

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Graphs. Give one example of health-related data (a variable) that can

be represented by a pie chart. Do the same for a bar chart and a
histogram. Explain why each data example you selected (there will be
a total of three different variables) is well represented by the
corresponding graph.

PSY 325 Week 2 DQ 2 Standard Normal Distribution (Ash)

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Standard Normal Distribution. Review Chapter 3 of your course

text, which introduces probability and the standard normal distribution.
When comparing data from different distributions, what is the benefit
of transforming data from these distributions to conform to the
standard distribution? What role doz-scores play in this transformation
of data from multiple distributions to the standard normal distribution?

PSY 325 Week 3 Assignment Final Paper Outline (Ash)

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Final Paper Outline. This week, your assignment is to prepare an

outline for the Final Paper that is due next week. Review the Final
Paper requirements, which are located in Week Five of your course or
in the Components of Course Evaluation section of this guide.
For each of the three to five quantitative research studies selected
(from peer-reviewed sources that were published within the last five
years), the outline should include a heading for the study and the subheadings for Introduction, Methods, and Results. For example:
I. First Study
A. Introduction
B. Methods
C. Results
II. Second Study
A. Introduction
B. Methods
C. Results, etc.

PSY 325 Week 3 DQ 1 Choose the Analysis (Ash)

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Choose the Analysis. A researcher wishes to study the effect of a

new drug on blood pressure. Would you recommend using az-test, attest, or an A.N.O.V.A. for the analysis? Explain your answer. What would
your choice of test depend on? For the test you select, explain your
design and your comparison groups. Would the hypothesis be
directional or non-directional? Would the test be one-tailed or twotailed? What would be the null and what would be the alternative
hypothesis?

PSY 325 Week 3 DQ 2 Repeated Measures (Ash)

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Repeated Measures. Review Chapter 7 of your course text, which

reviews inferential statistics that analyze experiments of repeated
measures designs. For this discussion, search the University Library
and find a scholarly, peer-reviewed study on any behavioral or social
sciences topic that used a repeated measures design. Reference the
study and summarize the research question, the subjects, and the
variable(s) of interest. What statistical analysis was used and what
were the results? Were there any statistically significant differences?

PSY 325 Week 4 DQ 1 Correlation (Ash)

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Correlation. Much has been written about the relationship between a

students S.A.T. test scores and their familys income. Generally
speaking, there is a strong positive correlation between income and
S.A.T. scores. What might this tell you? Is this evidence that having a
high family income causes one to have high S.A.T. scores? Is this
evidence that high S.A.T. scores are a cause of high income? Or, does
this tell you something else? If something else, what? In the course of
your response, explain why correlation alone is rarely sufficient to
demonstrate cause.

PSY 325 Week 4 DQ 2 Regression (Ash)

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Regression. Explain the relationship between correlation and

regression. What do the two approaches have in common, and how
are they different? In what types of research might one approach be
preferred over the other? Explain and justify your response. Be sure
that your discussion refers to both predictor and criterion variables as
well as their role in the regression equation.

PSY 325 Week 5 DQ 1 Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test (Ash)

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Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test. Describe the chi-square goodnessof-fit test. Provide a detailed explanation of what this test measures,
and how it is similar to and different from the independentt-test. How
do you know when to use one analysis over the other? Provide a realworld example.

PSY 325 Week 5 DQ 1 Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test (Ash)

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Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit Test. Describe the chi-square goodnessof-fit test. Provide a detailed explanation of what this test measures,
and how it is similar to and different from the independentt-test. How
do you know when to use one analysis over the other? Provide a realworld example.

PSY 325 Week 5 DQ 2 Chi-Square Test of Independence (Ash)

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Chi-Square Test of Independence. Describe the chi-square test of

independence. Give an example of a question that could be answered
using this test. If you were to assemble a contingency table, what
would be included in your rows and columns? Pick a cell of this
contingency table and explain what the value in the cell would
represent (you do not need to give the value, just explain what it would
represent)? What hypothesis would be tested? What do you think the
answer would be? Why?

PSY 325 Week 5 Final Paper (Ash)

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Focus of the Final Paper

For your Final Paper you will conduct a research study critique. Utilize
the instructor-approved topic that you selected in Week One of the
course. Identify three to five quantitative research studies from peerreviewed sources which were published within the last ten years that
investigate this topic. Describe the statistical approaches (i.e., identify
the variables and their type) used in each study and the interpretation
of the results. Finally, present other statistical approaches that could
have been used and, when appropriate, suggest alternative
interpretations of the results. This process will allow you to apply the
concepts learned in the course in the interpretation of actual scientific
research.

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