Scientific Method And Steps In Scientific Inquiry Paper

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Research in the University Library to locate a journal article that describes academic research studies related to human services management.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper describing the scientific method and the steps in scientific inquiry. Address each of the following in your paper:

  • Define the scientific method. How does it relate to human services research?
  • What are the steps in the scientific method of inquiry or research process? Why must each of these steps be included to support the scientific method? Briefly discuss how the scientific research method was applied in the article you found.
  • Summarize how scientifically sound research (in other words, applying the scientific method) supports the function of a human services manager.

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Is the Measure of Consistency a State of Mind?

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Is the Measure of Consistency a State of Mind?

Resources

  • Microsoft Word icon Attributes and Evaluation of Discussion Contributions.
  • PDF icon Professional Communications and Writing Guide.

In your unit readings from the Psychological Testing and Assessment text, you read about three sources of error variance that occur in testing and assessment. These include test construction, test administration, and test scoring and interpretation. Additionally, other sources of error may be suspect. You were also introduced to reliability coefficients, which provide information about these sources of error variance on a test (see Table 5-4).

The following reliability coefficients were obtained from studies on a new test, THING, purporting to measure a new construct (that is, Something). Alternate forms of the test were also developed and examined in subsequent studies published in the peer-reviewed journals. The alternate test forms were titled THING 1 and THING 2. (Remember to refer back to your Psychological Testing and Assessment text for information about using and interpreting a coefficient of reliability.)

  • Internal consistency reliability coefficient = .92
  • Alternate forms reliability coefficient = .82
  • Test-retest reliability coefficient = .50

In your post:

  • Describe what these scores mean.
  • Interpret these results individually in terms of the information they provide on sources of error variance.
  • Synthesize all of these interpretations into a final evaluation about this test’s utility or usefulness.
  • Explain whether these data are acceptable.
  • Explain under what conditions they may not be acceptable and under what conditions, if any, they may be appropriate.

Response Guidelines

Respond to the posts of at least two other learners.

· Explore the effects your social world has had on your developing professional identity.

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will observe for my team approval and for my final assignment.

 

the second one is this one i have posted with instructions at the bottom please read and follow

 

This assignment allows you to explore the effects of social influences on personal development.

 

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you examine the concept of the self. Address the following:

 

·         Identify who was in the radius of significant others that shaped your development through your toddler, child, and adolescent years.

 

·         Identify verbal messages you recall that suggested situational or dispositional attributions about you.

 

·         Describe how you developed your current attitudes toward authority, competitors, subordinates, the opposite sex, or another generation.

 

·         Explore the effects your social world has had on your developing professional identity.

 

Cite at least 2 scholarly references.

 

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.

 

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

 

This assignment is based on my low-self-esteem. My mother would be the one who shaped mydevelopment. Follow the instructions. Please have the headingThe Self in the Social Worldand the running head.

 

Generating A Personal Learning Epistemology

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Need a 3 page paper on the following and five peer reviewed references:

 

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read the “Personal Epistemology in Education” article in your text (p. 52), the Bendixen and Rule (2004) and Hofer (2006) articles in the Ashford University Library, and watch the What is Epistemology? Introduction to the Word and the Concept video required for this week.

 

As suggested in the required articles and video for this assignment, the definition of what a personal epistemology is has been debated. However, developing a personal learning epistemology is important because it is foundational to how we think. Without a multifaceted understanding of how we obtain knowledge, how we rely on our intelligences, and how we expand ideas in our minds, we have no intelligible path for our beliefs. A rigorous learning epistemology is essential to comprehensive reasoning and thinking.

 

Based on your current and newly developed knowledge as well as the required resources for this assignment, apply basic research methods to align the content of the information in the required course resources this week with your personally constructed learning epistemology. Apply skeptical inquiry to develop your personal epistemological beliefs through reflection on the questions below. Be aware that these questions are not the only considerations that might be included, and they should not be used verbatim; rather, they can serve as guides as you begin the process of creating your personal epistemology.

  • What can we know?
  • How can we know it?
  • What do/should individuals need to learn, and why?
  • What purpose(s) should education serve?
  • How do you believe persons acquire knowledge best?
  • What image of society and the kinds of adults that populate it seems to correspond with your vision of knowing/learning?
  • What do you believe about the way students learn and why they may (or may not) want to learn?
  • Why do we know some things but not others?
  • How do we acquire knowledge?
  • Is knowledge possible?
  • Can knowledge be certain?
  • How can we differentiate truth from falsehood?
  • Why do we believe certain claims and not others?
  • According to Plato, knowledge is a subset of that which is both true and believed. Do you agree or disagree?

After developing basic answers to the questions above and considering the impact of understanding how one’s own conscience awareness of knowledge and learning  may affect individual development and beliefs manifestations, research a minimum of five peer-reviewed articles in the Ashford University Library that can be used as support sources for your personal learning epistemology. Your learning epistemology must include six to seven key points with supporting rationales regarding your beliefs on learning and knowing.

Apply professional standards to your explanation regarding how knowledge is developed by providing references for any theoretical perspectives, historical trends, and/or empirical findings you include in your epistemology. Additionally, your personal epistemology should be an authentic and truthful explanation about your current beliefs about learning and knowing, as supported by your research, and not merely reflective of what you think your instructor or peers want to hear.

The paper should not include any elaborate quotes; it should be scholarly in nature with citations throughout. It is recommended that you submit your paper to both Writing Reviser and Turnitin prior to submission for grading. Please note that you will include a revised draft of this epistemology, based on instructor feedback as well as your own knowledge development during this course, as part of your Learning and Cognition Handbook.