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BSHS382Week1DQ1andDQ2
BSHS382Week1IndividualAssignmentFundamentalsofResearch
Paper(3Papers)
BSHS382Week2DQ1andDQ2
BSHS382Week2IndividualAssignmentReliabilityandValidityPaper(3
Papers)
Week 2 DQ 1
Whatisthedifferencebetweenreliabilityandvalidity?Consideringthe
differenttypesofreliabilityandvalidity,giveanexampleofahuman
serviceresearchquestionandwhatsortofreliabilityandvalidityyou
wouldseek.
Week 2 DQ 2
Givetwoexampleofeach:nominal,ordinal,interval,andratiodata?
Whyisitimportanttoknowwhatkindofdatayouareworkingwith?
Writea700-to1,050-wordpaperdescribingobservationandmeasurementasthey
relatetohumanservicesresearch.
RefertoCh.4and5ofBeginningBehavioralResearch
Address each of the following points in your paper:
Defineanddescribethetypesofreliability.Provideexamplesofthesetypesof
reliabilityastheyapplytohumanservicesresearchortohumanservices
managementresearch.
Inexperimentalstudies,whatismeantbyreplicatinganexperiment?Whyisit
considereddesirable?
Describethedifferenttypesofdata,includingnominal,ordinal,interval,andratio
data.Differenceamongdatacollectiontechniquesanddescribetheadvantagesand
disadvantagesofeach.
TVprogramsaskviewerstooffertheiropinionsonanissueofthemomentbycalling
aphonenumber.OneprogramaskedviewerswhethertheInternationalCriminal
CourtshouldcontinuetobelocatedintheHague.Ofmorethan173,000callers,68%
wantedtheInternationalCriminalCourtoutoftheHague.Ascientificpollusinga
randomsampleofabout400respondentsestimatedthetruepercentagetobe22%.
Week 3 DQ 1
Whataresomeexamplesofdescriptivestatistics?Whyaretheyusedinresearch?
Whatdoyouthinkwillbedifficultforyouwhencompilingyourdescriptivestatistics?
Week 3 DQ 2
Howcanyouavoidbiaswhenselectingsamplesforhumanservicesresearch?Give
anexampleofapossibleresearchquestionandasamplingprocedurethatwould
minimizebiasandrepresentyourpopulation
1.Followthestepstocomputethevarianceandstandarddeviationforthe
followingpopulation.
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2.Forasampleof289femaleheights,themeanwas65.3inchesandthe
standarddeviationwas2.8inches.Theshortestpersoninthissamplehadof56
inches.
a.Findthez-scorefortheheightof56inches.
b.Whatdoesthenegativesignforthez-scorerepresent?
TheResearchProposalmustbea1,050-to1,400-wordproposalformattedaccording
toAPAguidelines.TheLearningTeammustidentifyaproblemworthyofresearch
anddevelopanoutlineoftheprocessrequiredtoresearchit.Noactualexperiments
mustbeconducted.
The Research Proposal must contain the following sections:
Introduction
Writea100-to200-wordintroductionforyourresearchproposal.Thismustexplain
yourresearchproblemandyourworkinghypothesis.
Describedifferentmethodsofestablishingcorrelationbetweenvariablesandprovide
anexampleofeach.
Discusstheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofeachmethodandwhereeachmustbe
applied.
.Forthefollowingpairofvariables,whichmorenaturallyistheresponsevariableand
whichistheexplanatoryvariable?
Collegegradepointaverage(GPA)andHighschoolGPA
2.Usethepointsontherighttoanswerthefollowingquestions.
a.Findthescoresonxandyforeachpoint.Commentonhowzxandzyrelatetoeach
otherforeachpoint.
b.Computerusingthez-scoresforthefourobservations.Isthisthevalueyouexpected
togetforr?Why?
Locateandreadahumanservicesresearcharticlefromascholarlyjournalinthe
UniversityLibrarythatincludesastatisticalanalysis.Thearticlemustbe10to30
pageslongandbeonatopicthatinterestsyou.Hereisarecommendedsearch
strategy:
LogintotheUniversityLibrary,clickArticleDatabasesMajor,andselect
EBSCOhost.
ChecktheboxesforFullTextandScholarly(Peer-reviewed)Journals.
Searchforatermthatinterestsyou,plusthewordsandstatistics.Forexample,