To prepare: Reflect on this week’s experiences with your team. Assignment Complete your journal entry for this week in your Personal Journal, reflecting on your experiences with the team process for this week. How is it going? ...
To prepare: Review Chapter 9 from your course text listed in this week’s Learning Resources. Review the articles in the Learning Resources that provide examples of use of single-group designs. Post your comprehensive response to each of the following: ...
To prepare: View interviews of psychopaths and sociopaths in Learning Resources Review the “Characteristics of Psychopaths and Sociopaths” document in the Learning Resources. Review the “Offender Interview Role Play Instructions.” (Note: For the interview, you assumed the role...
To prepare: Review the Learning Resources and current, peer-reviewed sources (within the last 5 years) from your own internet research about the traits, tendencies, characteristics, statistics, etc. of the population associated with your current, advanced forensic psychology issue. For your...
Null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) has long been the method of inference in psychology, yet its flaws have been well documented. Both Cohen (1990) and Schmidt (1996) highlight the dangers of relying on statistical significance as the primary criterion for evaluating research findings, yet...
Cohen (1990) and Schmidt (1996) both raised important criticisms about the overuse of null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) in psychology, highlighting its problematic nature for our field. Cohen (1990) believed that one major issue is how we as psychologists often misuse the information from...
Null hypothesis testing flaws in research and in the psychology field Null hypothesis significance testing has been a dominant method in psychological research and is still used, despite significant flaws, in the academic environment, even among experienced researchers. According to Cohen (1990) and Schmidt...
Combining internet research and critical thinking, you will explore key milestones and potential concerns related to the aging brain. This assignment is designed to help you demonstrate your understanding of how this essential organ changes over time. Begin by selecting any two ages you...
To prepare: Reflect on this week’s experiences with your team. Assignment Complete your journal entry for this week in your Personal Journal, reflecting on your experiences with the team process for this week. How is it going? ...
To prepare: Review the Patton reading, “Qualitative Evaluation Checklist,” from this week’s Learning Resources. From the articles in the Learning Resources, select and review at least one article from each type of evaluation design (process evaluation, case study, monitoring program...