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• PSY 325 Week 1 Assignment Final Paper Topic
  Proposal

• PSY 325 Entire Course

• 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 1 Assignment Final Paper Topic
  Proposal
• 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.

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

• PSY 325 Week 1 DQ 1 Types of Data

• 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.

• 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 reflect one of the following
  criteria

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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

• 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

• 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.

• 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

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• PSY 325 Week 3 DQ 1 Choose the Analysis

• PSY 325 Week 3 DQ 2 Repeated Measures

• Choose the Analysis. A researcher wishes to study
  the effect of a new drug on blood pressure.
• 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

• 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

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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 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?

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

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• PSY 325 Week 5 Final Paper

• 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 peer-reviewed sources which were
  published within the last ten years that
  investigate this topic

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