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PSY 315 Week 1 Individual Assignment Research, Statistics, and
Psychology Paper
PSY 315 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ch 1 Practice Problems 12 15
19 20 21 and 22
PSY 315 Week 2 Learning team assignment Descriptive and Inferential
Statistics Paper andTeam Charter
PSY 315 Week 3 individual assignment Chapter 2 Practice Problems 11
12 13 16 21 and Chap

What are the differences between quantitative and qualitative data?

What are some examples of each?

What are descriptive statistics, and how might you use descriptive
statistics in your personal life?
PSY 315 Week 1 Individual Assignment Research, Statistics, an

d Psychology Paper
1.
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.
o Explain the role of statistics in research. (Keep the focus within the
field of psychology).
Format your paper according to APA standards.
PSY 315 Week 1 Practice Problems Worksheet

Resource:Statisticsfor 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:

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?

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?
PSY 315 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ch 1 Practice Problems

12 15 19 20 21 and 22
Resources: Statistics for Psychology

Prepare a written response, including answers, to the following
assignments located in the text:
o Ch. 1, Practice Problems: 12, 15, 19, 20, 21, and 22.
Note.Methods of computation may include the usage of Excel, SPSS,
Lotus, SAS, Minitab, or by-hand computation
Complete the Certificate of Originality Report and submit to the
Assignments link as an attachment along with this assignment.
PSY 315 Week 2 Learning team assignment Descriptive and Infer

ential Statistics Paper andTeam Charter
1.
Learning Team Assignment:Descriptive 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.
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.
o Provideat least one example of the relationship between descriptive
and inferential statistics.
PSY 315 Week 2 Learning team assignment Descriptive and Infer

ential Statistics Presentation (New)
Resource: Assigned 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.

Resource:Statisticsfor Psychology
Complete the Week Two Practice Problems Worksheet.
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

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?

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?
PSY 315 Week 3 individual assignment Chapter 2 Practice Probl

ems 11 12 13 16 21 and Chapter 3 Practice Problems 14 15 22 2
5
1.
Individual Assignment: Assignments from the Text
**** This weeks questions cover two chapters, dont forget Ch.
3 too.****
o Ch. 2, Practice Problems: 11, 12, 13, 16, and 21
o Ch. 3, Practice Problems: 14, 15, 22, and 25
Lotus, SAS, Minitab, or by-handcomputation.

Resource:Statistics 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.
PSY 315 Week 3 Team Assignment Hypothesis Testing Lesson Pr

esentation
Prepare a 7- to 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.

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 ttest? What is an example of a situation in which you would use a t Test
for dependent means?

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?
PSY 315 Week 4 individual assignment Chapter 4 Practice Prob

lems 13 16 and 20
**** Make sure you are using the 5th Edition, these problems are
different than the 4th edition text book questions were.****
o Ch. 4, Practice Problems: 13, 16, and 20.
Lotus, SAS, Minitab, or by-hand computation.
PSY 315 Week 4 Learning team assignment Hypothesis Testing P

aper on Psycological reason for Depression
1.
Learning Team Assignment: Hypothesis Testing Paper
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.

Chapter 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.
Chapter 8
Barker and colleagues (2012) compared 61 parents fo children who had
a serious mental illness (SMI) to 321 parents of children withour such
an illness. The researchers examined the parents reported levels of
stress, their levels of a hormone called cortisol (levels of this hormone
provide an indication of chronic stress), and their use of several types
of medication. The table below shows the results of the study. Focusing
on the

What is a correlation? What are the different types of correlation

research? Why is it important to determine correlation? How is the
strength of a correlation determined?

If anxiety and depression are correlated, what three possible

directions of causality might explain this correlation?
PSY 315 Week 5 Individual Assignment Hypothesis Testing

Paper
Resource: Instructor 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.
Include a conclusion of your anticipated findings.
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PSY 315 Week 1 Discussion Question 1

What are the differences between quantitative and qualitative data?

PSY 315 Week 1 Discussion Question 2

PSY 315 Week 1 Individual Assignment Research, Statistics, an

PSY 315 Week 1 Practice Problems Worksheet

PSY 315 Week 2 Discussion Question 1

PSY 315 Week 2 Discussion Question 2

PSY 315 Week 2 Individual Assignment Ch 1 Practice Problems

Resources: Statistics for Psychology

PSY 315 Week 2 Learning team assignment Descriptive and Infer

PSY 315 Week 2 Learning team assignment Descriptive and Infer

Resource: Assigned journal article

PSY 315 Week 2 Practice Problems Worksheet

Note. Computation methods may include the use of Microsoft Excel,

PSY 315 Week 3 Discussion Question 1

PSY 315 Week 3 Discussion Question 2

What is the difference between null and alternative hypotheses

PSY 315 Week 3 individual assignment Chapter 2 Practice Probl

PSY 315 Week 3 Practice Problems Worksheet

Resource:Statistics for Psychology

Click the assignment files tab to submit your assignment.

PSY 315 Week 3 Team Assignment Hypothesis Testing Lesson Pr

Prepare a 7- to 10-slide Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation with speaker

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

PSY 315 Week 4 Discussion Question 1

PSY 315 Week 4 Discussion Question 2

What is the theory underlying the ANOVA? Why is it important? What

PSY 315 Week 4 individual assignment Chapter 4 Practice Prob

PSY 315 Week 4 Learning team assignment Hypothesis Testing P

PSY 315 Week 4 Practice Problems Worksheet

PSY 315 Week 5 Discussion Question 1

What is a correlation? What are the different types of correlation

PSY 315 Week 5 Discussion Question 2

If anxiety and depression are correlated, what three possible

PSY 315 Week 5 Individual Assignment Hypothesis Testing

Resource: Instructor approved research issue, problem, or opportunity

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