a popular art that you embarrassed to share

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I’d like you to take a piece of popular art that you’re  somewhat embarrassed to share that you like: a film, a television show, a song, what have you, and describe your feelings about it. You’ll tell not only why you believe you should be embarrassed about it, but also what it is that you like about it, and most importantly, what it is you feel it says about you.

Regularization

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Regularization can be an indirect form of variable selection. When regularization makes coefficients very small, it is suggesting you drop those variables from the model entirely. There are many other forms of variable selection (also known as feature selection) out there. Some are direct i.e. they tell you explicitly to not include the variable in the model. Others are indirect, like regularization which will shrink the coefficients of unwanted variables to zero.

Please choose one of these variable selection methods and discuss it. Tell us what it does exactly. Discuss its pro’s and con’s versus other variable selection methods. Discuss a situation where you might apply this method. Then reply to two of your classmate’s posts with an actual example where it’s used and give a brief summary. Cite references. If it’s from the internet, a link to the analysis will suffice for citation purposes.

Workshop Evaluation

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When developing an evaluation of your stress management workshop, identify your intention for the workshops overall outcome. Then consider the outcome of your workshop using the following measures:

  • How might you define or determine whether the workshop was successful? 
  • Consider asking what has changed. Has the program made a difference? 
  • Are behavioral changes going to occur? What behavior shifts have already occurred? 
  • How are the participants lives changed? 
  • Do they feel confident with the tools they were given? 
  • Can participants envision a previous stressful experience where the application of these tools would have benefited them? 
  • How well was the information relayed? Was the environment comfortable? 
  • Are there wider ripples of social effect due to the resulting policy changes or institutional practice?

For the assignment, you continue to build on your Final Project. Review the Evaluation of the Guided Imagery Workshop handout provided. Also, conduct an Internet search for additional examples of reputable workshop evaluations. Then, consider the various evaluation methods and select an evaluation method appropriate for your stress management workshop. 

The Assignment (23 pages)

  • Using APA essay format, describe the type of evaluation method you might use to examine the effectiveness of your stress management workshop and justify your selection.
  • Develop your evaluation form and include it as an appendix to the above justification.
  • Include a list of references in APA format.

Readings

  • Book Chapter: Spaulding, D.T. (2008). . In Program evaluation in practice: Core concepts and examples for discussion and analysis (pp. 335). San Francisco, CA: JosseyBass.
    Program Evaluation in Practice: Core Concepts and Examples for Discussion and Analysis, 1st Edition by Spaulding, D.T. Copyright 2008 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. – Books. Reprinted by permission of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. – Books via the Copyright Clearance Center.
  • Article: American Cancer Society. (2008). Humor therapy. Retrieved from
  • Article: Benham, G. (2010). Sleep: An important factor in stress-health models. Stress and Health: Journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress, 26(3), 204214.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
  • Article: Bonnet, M. H., & Arand, D. L. (2011). How much sleep do adults need? Retrieved from
  • Article: Capaldi, V. F., II, Guerrero, M. L., & Kilgore W. D. (2011). Sleep disruptions among returning combat veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Military Medicine, 176(8), 879888.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
  • Article: DEon, M., Sadownik, L., Harrison, A., & Nation, J. (2008). Using self-assessment to detect workshop success: Do they work? American Journal of Evaluation, 29(1), 9298.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Sage Premier 2012 database.
  • Article: Frick, L. R., Rapanelli, M., Bussmann, U. A., Klecha, A. J., Barreiro Arcos, M. L., Genaro, A. M., & Cremaschi, G. A. (2009). Involvement of thyroid hormones in the alterations of T-cell immunity and tumor progression induced by chronic stress. Biological Psychiatry, 65(11), 935942.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library using the ScienceDirect Health Sciences Subject Collection database.
  • Article: Martin, R. A. (2002). Is laughter the best medicine? Humor, laughter, and physical health. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 11(6), 216220.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database. 
  • Article: National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. (2010). What is sleep apnea? Retrieved from
  • Article: National Institute on Aging. (2011). A good nights sleep. Retrieved from
  • Article: National Sleep Foundation. (2011). Healthy sleep tips. Retrieved from
  • Article: National Sleep Foundation. (2011). Trauma and sleep. Retrieved from
  • Article: Rowe, A., & Regehr, C. (2010). Whatever gets you through today: An examination of cynical humor among emergency service professionals. Journal of Loss and Trauma, 15(5), 448464.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
  • Article: Steinert, Y., Boillat, M., Meterissian, S., Liben, S., & McLeod, P. J. (2008). Developing successful workshops: A workshop for educators. Medical Teacher, 30(3), 328330.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
  • Article: Stokenberga, I. (2008). Humorous personality: Relationship to stress and well-being. Baltic Journal of Psychology, 9(1/2), 7084.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Academic Search Complete database.
  • Article: Vandekerckhove, M., & Cluydts, R. 2010). The emotional brain and sleep: An intimate relationship. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 14(4), 219226.
    Retrieved from the Walden Library using the ScienceDirect Health Sciences Subject Collection database.

Answer 3 Question with SPSS And Validity

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For this Knowledge Assessment, you calculate the concurrent validity coefficient between a predictor scale and criterion measure in the dataset provided. First, you will be guided through the process of how to create new variable scales. Then, you calculate the validity measure on one of the scales.

The MoneyData.sav dataset that you have been provided contains three scales that measure financial attitudes:

LIFESTYLE (L1 to L6) measures the desire for a luxurious lifestyle

DEPENDENCE (D1 to D6) measures the tendency to depend on others for financial support (high scores) vs. supporting others (low scores)

RISKTAKING (R1 to R6) measures the tendency to take financial risks in investments and careers

Create Three New Variables Showing the Scores on These Three Scales

To create the RISKTAKING scale, click on TRANSFORM>COMPUTE VARIABLE. In the Target Variable field, type RISKTAKING. In the Numeric Expression field, type SUM(R1 TO R6).

To create the DEPENDENCE scale, click on TRANSFORM>COMPUTE VARIABLE. In the Target Variable field, type DEPENDENCE. In the Numeric Expression field, type SUM(D1 TO D6).

On the LIFESTYLE items, item L6 (Id rather have a modest lifestyle because it is less stressful) is scored in the reverse direction from the other items. People endorsing this item want a less extravagant lifestyle; endorsing the other items suggests the desire for a more extravagant lifestyle. The scoring on this item needs to be reversed. To create the reversed L6 item, click on TRANSFORM>COMPUTE VARIABLE. In the Target Variable field, type L6R. In the Numeric Expression field, type 6 L6. By subtracting the item responses from six, they are reversed: 5 becomes 1, 4 becomes 2, etc. To create the LIFESTYLE scale, click on TRANSFORM>COMPUTE VARIABLE. In the Target Variable field, type LIFESTYLE. In the Numeric Expression field, type SUM(L1 TO L5, L6R).

Calculate a Validity Measure for One of the Scales

There are a number of other variables in the data file, such as income, sex, age, and marital status. Create a hypothesis about an expected correlation. Here is an example: You might expect financially dependent people to have lower incomes. So, you would predict a negative correlation between DEPENDENCE and participant income (INC1). If you use SPSS to calculate the correlation between dependence and income, (ANALYZE>CORRELATE>BIVARIATE ) you get r = – .192, p < .001. This confirms the hypothesis and gives evidence for the validity of the Dependence scale.

Think of another relationship that might support the validity of one of the scales, and then test your hypothesis using the data. You will need to submit:

Your validity hypothesis and a brief explanation about why you expect the hypothesis to be supported.

The results of your statistical test of your validity hypothesis.

Your conclusion about validity given the results of your statistical test.

PLEASE ANSWER THE 3 QUESITONS with this data”

 

QUESTION 1

  1. Submit: Your validity hypothesis and a brief explanation about why you expect the hypothesis to be supported.–

3.33 points   

QUESTION 2

  1. Submit: The results of your statistical test of your validity hypothesis.

3.33 points   

QUESTION 3

  1. Submit: Your conclusion about validity given the results of your statistical test.

.3.34