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• PSY 325 Entire Course

• PSY 325 Week 1 Assignment Final Paper Topic
  Proposal

• 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

• 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.

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• PSY 325 Week 1 DQ 1 Types of Data

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

• 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, ordinal, interval, or
  ratio variables. How would you study this
  research question?

• 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.

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• PSY 325 Week 2 Assignment Article Summary

• PSY 325 Week 2 DQ 1 Graphs

• 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

• 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.

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• PSY 325 Week 2 DQ 2 Standard Normal Distribution

• PSY 325 Week 3 Assignment Final Paper Outline

• 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

• 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 sub-headings for Introduction,
  Methods, and Results.

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• PSY 325 Week 3 DQ 1 Choose the Analysis

• PSY 325 Week 3 DQ 2 Repeated Measures

• Would you recommend using a z-test, a t-test, 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?

• 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

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• PSY 325 Week 4 DQ 1 Correlation

• PSY 325 Week 4 DQ 2 Regression

• 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?

• 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.

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• PSY 325 Week 5 DQ 1 Chi-Square Goodness-of-Fit
  Test

• PSY 325 Week 5 DQ 2 Chi-Square Test of
  Independence

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

• 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?

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• PSY 325 Week 5 Final Paper

• that you selected in Week One of the course.
  Identify three to five quantitative research
  studies from peer-reviewed sources which were
  published within the last ten years that
  investigate this topic. Describe the statistical
  approaches used in each study and the
  interpretation of the results.

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