PSY 315 ENTIRE COURSE

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PSY 315 ENTIRE COURSE

PSY 315 Week 1 Individual Assignment Research, Statistics, and Psychology Paper

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:

Define research and the scientific method.
Compare and contrast the characteristics of primary and secondary data.
Explain the role of statistics in research.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines


PSY 315 Week 1 DQS

DQ 1

How would could you use descriptive statistics in your personal life?

DQ 2

What types of ethical issues arise when conducting research?



PSY 315 Week 2 Individual Assignment from the Text

Prepare a written response to the following assignments located in the text:

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.


PSY 315 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Descriptive and Inferential Statistics Paper

Resources: Assigned readings, Electronic Reserve Readings, the Internet, and other sources
Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you examine the differences between descriptive and inferential statistics.
Address the following items:

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 paper consistent with APA guidelines

PSY 315 Week 2 DQS

DQ 1

How might you use probability theory in everyday living?

DQ 2

How effective are the pie charts that often accompany a newspaper article in explaining the statistics being used in the article?


PSY 315 Week 3 Individual Assignment from the Text

Prepare a written response to the following assignments located in the text:

Ch. 2, Practice Problems: 11, 12, 13, 16, and 21
Ch. 3, Practice Problems: 14, 15, 22, and 25

Note. Methods of computation may include the usage of Excel, SPSS™, Lotus®, SAS®, Minitab®, or by-hand computation.

PSY 315 Week 3 DQS

DQ 1

What is the five-step process for hypothesis testing? Is the order important? Explain why or why not. Why do alphas differ among different fields of scientific investigation? How do ethics affect your chosen level of significance?

DQ 2

Why is it said that hypothesis testing involves double negative logic?


PSY 315 Week 4 Individual Assignment from the Text

Prepare a written response to the following assignments located in the text:

Ch. 4, Practice Problem: 11, 14, and 18.

Note. Methods of computation may include the usage of Excel, SPSS™, Lotus®, SAS®, Minitab®, or by-hand computation


PSY 315 Week 4 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 Creation Paper.


Prepare a 1,050- 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 both a numerical and verbal hypothesis statement concerning your selected research issue, problem, or opportunity.

Explain how the five steps of hypothesis testing may be used to evaluate solutions for your selected research issue, problem, or opportunity.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

PSY 315 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Hypothesis Testing Presentation


Prepare a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with presenter notes illustrating your Hypothesis Testing Paper


PSY 315 Week 4 DQS

DQ 1 

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

DQ 2
Why do we use nonparametric tests? Describe a psychological research situation or scenario that would use a nonparametric test. Why would the nonparametric test be used?

PSY 315 Week 5 Individual Assignment from the Text

Prepare a written response to the following assignments located in the text:

Ch. 7, Practice Problem: 14
Ch. 8, Practice Problem: 18
Ch. 9, Practice Problem: 17
Ch. 11, Practice Problems: 11 and 12.

Note. Methods of computation may include the usage of Excel, SPSS™, Lotus®, SAS®, Minitab®, or by-hand computation.

PSY 315 Week 5 DQS

DQ 1

What is correlation? What are the different types of correlation? Why is it important to determine correlation?

DQ 2
Explain the reason(s) why we cannot infer causation from correlation