...|[pic] |Syllabus | | |College of Social Sciences | | |PSY/315 Version 2 | | |Statistical Reasoning in Psychology | Copyright © 2010, 2009, 2006 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This is an introductory course in applied statistics, with particular emphasis in psychology. Both descriptive and inferential statistics are included. In addition, this course provides the basic statistical background and understanding needed. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently...
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...from the first verse of a Chinese Classic text, Three Character Classic. After the discussion on the topic, I have gain a new perception on the cause or reasons that misconduct is not only attributed by situational factors but complemented by individual factors. From the readings, case presentation and class discussion, I have gain a deeper insight into three correlations between biological traits and misbehaviour, On top of that, I have also gain knowledge of how situational factors influence the correlation of the two. They are discussed in the lesson includes the correlations between physical appearance (biological) and misbehaviour, personality traits (biological) and misbehaviour, and cognitive ability (Biological) and misbehaviour. Firstly, for the physical appearance, from reading the article "Ugly Criminals", I have learnt that there is a positive correlation between being ugly looking (from the perspective of the social norm) and higher tendency in committing crime. In the study, it shows that respondents that are considered good looking have lesser records or tendency to commit crimes. Looking at the statement or correlation without understanding the context may lead to many drawing the conclusion that physical appearance is the underlying reason for committing crimes. However, from the article and class discussion, I realised that the underlying reason for this correlation is environment where there...
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... |Due |Points | |Objectives |Compute descriptive statistics for given data sets. | | | | |Apply probability concepts related to discrete and continuous probability. | | | |Readings |Read Ch. 3, 5, 6, & 7 of Statistical Techniques in Business & Economics. | | | | |Read materials on the student website | | | |Participation |Participate in class discussion....
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...|Individual Fundamentals of |Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper describing the scientific method and the fundamentals of |Mon, 11/18/2013 |10 | |Research Paper |research. Address each of the following in your paper: |11:59 PM MST | | | | | | | | |Define the scientific method. How does it relate to human services research? | | | | | | | | | |What are the steps in the process of scientific inquiry? Why must each of these steps be | | | | |included to support the scientific method? Provide a human services research example of the | | | | |scientific method and identify each step within your example. | | | | | | | | | |Define quantitative research...
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...Unit 6 DB 1 Application of Correlation Introduction This learner field of choice is Public Safety/Criminal Justice. My goal was to become a lawyer, but it was for all the wrong reasons (to get criminals off), so I stuck with what I knew. There are over 600+ jobs in this field(s) of study, and from now till 2022 they expect a job growth of about 11% per year for all criminal justice, protect service, and law enforcement and criminal justice occupations. So, picking a subject for this discussion was not that easy because of such a broad field of departments under this umbrella, but challenging. Within this discussion, we will address: the correlation; criminal justice field example, explain the correlation coefficient is the suitable for the...
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...documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Aron, A., Aron, E. N., & Coups, E. (2009). Statistics for psychology (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. All electronic materials are available on the student website. Note: All required tasks are highlighted with individual assignments in dark red text and team...
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...Dr P.M. Ogedebe, J.A.Emmanuel, Y.Musa / International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) ISSN: 2248-9622 www.ijera.com Vol. 2, Issue 4, July-August 2012, pp.788-797 A survey on Facebook and Academic Performance in Nigeria Universities. Dr P.M. Ogedebe, J.A.Emmanuel, Y.Musa Dept. of Computer Science Bingham University, Nigeria Abstract This paper test students’ facebook usage and their academic performance. The paper was also intended to find how pervasive the use of facebook by University students plays a role in their academic success. A 20 question questionnaire was designed and sent out to approximately 150 students of different Universities in Nigeria. To capture the main types of University, a Federal University, a State University and a Private University cut across the nation were chosen. Of the questionnaire sent out, 81% of them were within the age of 18 to 21. The Independent variables measured how actively students used facebook, including how much time they spend on facebook, how often they update their status, post on friends’ walls, comment on others’ pages, the level of their privacy settings, and how many friends and photo albums they have. In order to accurately measure students’ academic achievement, we had student’s self‐report their in‐class participation, attendance, as well as grade point average. Six pre‐determined hypotheses were tested. First, the more time a student spends on facebook, the lower grade point average the student...
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...to measure Study Habits of Education Students. III. Procedure 100 students of Cavite State University who were in romantic relationships were randomly picked and were given questionnaires to answer about the effects of their boyfriends/ girlfriends to them. The data gathered were recorded, tabulated and subjected to statistics to find out how romantic relationships affect the studies of Cavite State University students. V. Data Gathering The data were gathered according to the effects of romantic relationships to the studies of Cavite State University students in terms of reviewing, accomplishing home works and focusing on the lessons/discussions. These data were tabulated and represented as percentage of the answers of the respondents. The mean of the respondents’ grades were also gathered. The students’ individual grades gathered served as the main basis of their performance in school. For this reason, their grades...
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...10.4 The Efficient Set for Two Assets Our results for expected returns and standard deviations are graphed in Figure 10.2. The figure shows a dot labeled Slowpoke and a dot labeled Supertech. Each dot represents both the expected return and the standard deviation for an individual security. As can be seen, Supertech has both a higher expected return and a higher standard deviation. The box or "El" in the graph represents a portfolio with 60 percent invested in Supertech and 40 percent invested in Slowpoke. You will recall that we previously calculated both the expected return and the standard deviation for this portfolio. The choice of 60 percent in Supertech and 40 percent in Slowpoke is just one of an infinite number of portfolios that can be created. The set of portfolios is sketched by the curved line in Figure 10.3. Figure 10.2 Expected Returns a n d Standard Deviations for Supertech, Slowpoke, a n d a Portfolio Composed o f 60 Percent i n Supertech a n d 40 Percent i n Slowpoke Expected return (%) Supertech b Slowpoke I I I I 11.50 15.44 25.86 Standard deviation (%) Figure 10.3 Set of Portfolios c o m p o s e d of Holdings in Supertech and Slowpoke (correlation between the t w o securities i s -0.1639) Expected return on portfolio (%) I I Slowpoke I Standard deviation of portfolio's return (%) Portfolio 1is composed of 90 percent Slowpoke and 10 percent Supertech (p = -0.1639). Portfolio Zis composed of 50 percent...
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...Kenneth H. Craik University of California, Berkeley Richard W. Robins University of California, Davis Behavioral acts constitute the building blocks of interpersonal perception and the basis for inferences about personality traits. How reliably can observers code the acts individuals perform in a specific situation? How valid are retrospective self-reports of these acts? Participants interacted in a groupdiscussion task and then reported their act frequencies, which were later coded by observers from videotapes. For each act, observer-observer agreement, self-observer agreement, and self-enhancement bias were examined. Findings show that (a) agreement varied greatly across acts; (b) much of this variation was predictable from properties of the acts (observability, base rate, desirability, Big Five domain); (c) on average, self-reports were positively distorted; and (d) this was particularly true for narcissistic individuals. Discussion focuses on implications for research on acts, traits, social perception, and the act frequency approach. "You interrupted my mother at least three times this morning" exclaims Roger. "That's not true," responds Julia, " I only interrupted her once !" And so the discussion continues. Disagreements about who did and did not do what are commonplace in social interactions. When such disagreements arise, whom should we believe? Perhaps Julia was distorting the truth to paint a favorable picture of herself. Alternatively, Roger may remember that Julia...
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...study-habits inventory and found that it aids in finding the pupils in need of special guidance and helps to identify remedial work for the good and bad study habits of individual cases. Brown and Holtzman (1955) constructed a questionnaire to survey students ‘study habits', as well as their attitudes and motivation towards academic work. Items were compiled from group interviews with good and poor students, existing inventories on study habits, studies using observational and interview techniques and reports on related experiments in the field of learning. Scoring keys based on validity studies in ten colleges were developed. Study habits basically consist of effective methods of study (Sorenson, 1954). Study is the total of all the habits, determined purposes and enforced practices that the individual uses in order to learn. Study is hard work, no easy substitute is available (Armstrong, 1956), Brown and Holtzman (1956) and Srivastava (1967) point out that for good academic success, good study habits and attitudes are important. Some reports stress that certain personality characteristics such as attitudes, set and motivation towards scholastic activity are related to achievement rather than study habits (Anderson and Kuntz, 1957: Ahmann and Smilh, 1958 and De Sena, 1964). Gracie and Whlegham (1958) found that the correlation increased slightly when the Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (SSHA) was administered...
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...AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REMITTANCES AND POVERTY IN GHANA METHODOLOGY AND ESTIMATION 4.0 Introduction This chapter will discuss the methodology to be used in addressing the research questions of the study and also present the results of the empirical analysis. The methodology section will begin by discussing the conceptual framework to be followed by the empirical model used in the estimation. The data to be used in the study will also be discussed. Descriptive statistics and the expected signs of the coefficients of variables to be used in the estimation will also be presented in this section. This will be followed by the presentation and discussion of the empirical results. 4.1 Conceptual Framework The relationship between remittances and household welfare can be modeled in several ways, one of which is to estimate how remittances affect household expenditures. One other approach is to investigate how remittances affect the probability of being poor. This is the approach followed by Grootaert (1997), McKenzie (2006), and Brown and Jimenez (2008). It was conceptualized in these studies that households which receive remittances may be better off than those who do not receive remittances. This is because remittances add to the household’s income and this has the probability of alleviating the household’s poverty status. 4.2 Empirical Model In order to discuss the empirical model to be used in this study, we will have to recall the objectives...
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...Organization Conflicts within the Clayton County Board of Education Course Project Outline Professor GM 591 21 June 2011 * * I. Introduction The organization that will be focused on is the Clayton County Board of Education. The board consists of nine citizens who are elected by the community. The Clayton County Board of Education is responsible for the programs, finances, education, employment, and other policies within Clayton County Public Schools (CCPS). CCPS is a school district located in Jonesboro, Georgia. The system is the fifth largest school district in Georgia and is comprised of over 50,000 students. The district is considered a Title 1 school because of its high percentage of low-income families (SACS Report).. Although the district receives government grants and various allocations to improve school conditions, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) revoked accreditation for the district in 2008. The Clayton County Public School system was the third school district to lose accreditation in over forty years (SACS Report). As a resident of Georgia, it is important the school systems are effective and can adequately educate children. I have family and friends that live throughout the state of Georgia. The loss of accreditation hinders children and their education. Students attending CCPS faced difficulty being accepted into colleges and universities. They also faced dilemmas retaining various scholarships. Not only were students...
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...INTRODUCTION The use of eCommerce technologies (the Internet/World Wide Web, intranets, and extranets) in supply chain management (SCM) is a relatively recent phenomenon. Accordingly, very few studies have been conducted to date on the extent to which eCommerce technologies have been utilized in SCM, and, more importantly, on whether or not e-enabled supply chain management (eSCM), with the use of such technologies, has brought about improvements in managing supply chains. DeLone and McLean [1] proposed interrelationships among six IS dimensions in what is referred to as the ‘DeLone and McLean (D&M) IS Success Model’. The six dimensions in the D&M model are (1) system quality, (2) information quality, (3) system usage, (4) user satisfaction, (5) individual impact, and (6) organizational impact. While DeLone and McLean postulated causal relationships, the 1992 article did not test these relationships empirically. Since 1992, however, a fairly good number of empirical investigations have been undertaken of the various interrelationships proposed in the D&M model. DeLone and McLean [2] themselves provided a ten-year update of the model, reviewing the results of 16 empirical investigations that have...
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