Associate Level Material Appendix B Research Methods Matrix A psychologist is planning to conduct a study that would examine pathological liars and the quality of their romantic relationships. You have been asked to provide the psychologist with a recommendation for which research method should be used to gather data on the pathological liars and their spouses. Using the table below list each research method and its advantages and disadvantages for use in this study. |Research Method
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billion. The loss was caused by a large exposure to the Japanese stock market, which was achieved through the futures market. Leeson, the chief trader for Barings Futures in Singapore, had been accumulating positions in stock index futures on the Nikkei 225, a portfolio of Japanese stocks. As the market fell more than 15 percent in the first two months of 1995, Barings Futures suffered huge losses, which were made even higher due to the sale of options, which implied a bet on a stable market. As losses
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established in the name of the bank. | |When it went into receivership on February 27, 1995, Barings, via Leeson, had outstanding notional futures positions on Japanese | |equities and interest rates of US$27 billion: US$7 billion on the Nikkei 225 equity contract and US$20 billion on Japanese | |government bond (JGB) and Euroyen contracts. Leeson also sold 70, 892 Nikkei put and call options with a nominal value of $6.68 | |billion. The nominal size of these positions is magnificent;
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Topic: The biggest scams in the banking history Course: Banking Students: Nino Vepkhvadze, Gohar Trchunyan, Giorgi Menteshashvili & Giorgi Paksashvili Date: 04.06.2012 A fraud, by definition, is the act of deliberate deception of people to secure an unlawful gain. These are mainly for the purpose of defrauding money as well as prestige rather than immediate financial gain. A study by BBC has revealed that the average woman lies twice a day while a man tells three lies a day. However, the
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The Nikkei 225 Reconstitution The objective of this case is to understand the effects of demand on security prices, and to understand the role of price impact on trading decisions 1. As a portfolio manager for the UNIL Advisors Nikkei 225 Index fund, which has ¥100 billion of assets linked to Nikkei 225 index, what would you do when you hear the news of index reconstitution? 2. What would you do if, instead, you were at the proprietary trading desk of Goldman Sacs? Strategic Capital Management
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Case study- The Collapse of Barings Bank 1. What was Nick Leeson’s strategy to earn trading profits on derivatives? The play here was very simple – trading futures on the Nikkei 225 as the underlying. The Nikkei 225 was traded as a future on both the SIMEX and the Osaka markets. There were always known to be differences between the two markets which could be arbitraged. The idea was to exploit the differences between the 2 markets , and execute in the cheaper market on client orders. This would
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------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Search Bottom of Form * Home page » * Other Topics Beh 225 Final In: Other Topics Beh 225 Final Interview Gerald Trahan BEH/225 September 25, 2011 Pamela Applewhite Interview I am a law enforcement officer that is assigned to a task force, which targets high crime areas and crime trends in an area. Being in a unit as I am, you work with a partner every day and have a trust with that person. In the line of work you
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BEH/225 Week 1 Assignment 3/13/15 BEH/225 Week 1 Assignment Psychology has been around ever since someone wondered why someone else did something, so basically a very, very long time. Psychology as its own science, however, has only existed for about two centuries. Wilhelm Wundt is credited as being the first psychologist and is known as the “father of psychology” (Coon, 2013). This was done when he set up his own lab where he could monitor people’s reactions to different stimuli (Coon, 2013)
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BEH/225 THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR ESSAY The Brain and Behavior Essay BEH/225 June 7, 2014 The Brain and Behavior In the four lobes of the brain, temporal lobe is of them. Cerebral cortex the major part of which this lobe is part of. It is on the lower side of both cerebral hemispheres on each side. This lobe has different functions, mainly auditory detection, keeping memory and emotional perception. The hippocampus happens
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Checkpoint: Diagnosis and Treatment BEH/225 Introduction to Behavioral Science December 17, 2010 Checkpoint: Diagnosis and Treatment The disorder I have chosen is Schizophrenia, it’s said that schizophrenia means “split personality”. Schizophrenia in the Greek language means “split mind”. Schizophrenia is defined as a severe mental illness distinguished by a variety of symptoms including loss of contact with reality, disorganized thinking, disorganized speech, bizarre behavior, decreased
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