Select one of the studies for your final assignment. Briefly describe the sampling method that the authors used. How did the authors select their sample for each of these studies? What are the pros and cons of using these methods? What are the ethical considerations?...
Select another one of the sources collected for your research proposal. Identify potential threats to reliability and validity in this study and discuss how the authors addressed these either in their research design or in the conclusions that they drew about their findings. What recommendations...
Select a dependent variable from one of your proposed research topics that is a construct. Provide an operational definition of this construct. For example, I hypothesized that children who play violent video games will have more incidences of violent behavior than children who do not...
Psychology’s roots have been attributed to the early Greek philosophers such as Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. The emergence of scientific thought began through the writings and teachings of Christian church scholars. One of the movements was based on Scholasticism, which was the attempt to bring...
In many ways, Microsoft Excel is a practical and effective tool used to organize, process, and interpret data. Discuss the utility of Microsoft Excel with regard to variability that is inherent in studies. Identify 3 research scenarios that might provide a low, medium, and high...
Generate a hypothesis for your research proposal and include a reference page of seven possible sources. These sources must be experiments, studies, or meta-analyses published in peer review journals. Topic: I hypothesize that children that are abused will have more anxiety around people than children...
Find an example of an experimental and a quasi-experimental study. Download the full-text version of the articles from the library, and then read and summarize the studies. In addition, explain the differences between experimental and quasi-experimental studies, using the examples you found as ways to...
Check required video PSY645 Grand RoundsPresentation; see video transcript attached, Chapters 15, 20, 1 and review Section 4: Privacy and Confidentiality from the APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct: Including 2010 Amendments.(1)Provide an evaluation of the degree to which the presenter followed...
Stroop and Native Language Use an independent t-test to analyze data from a fictitious study. This study compares the ability of native English speakers and native Spanish speakers to state the font color of words that are color names. Although some of the participants are...
Dr. Carlos submitted a proposal to conduct an alcohol tolerance study with mice. He will have to inject mice with alcohol and then test them. Dr. Carlos has decided to euthanize the mice at the end of the study. He also wishes someone to volunteer...