Week 5 Practice Worksheet

 

Chapter 13

 

1.   Your research team has been tasked with finding the correlation of the following scenario:

 

Four research participants take a test of manual dexterity (high scores mean better dexterity) and an anxiety test (high scores mean more anxiety). The scores are as follows:

 

Person                          Dexterity                       Anxiety

 

1                                  1                                  10

2                                  1                                    8

3                                  2                                    4

4                                  4                                  -2

 

Describe the process that your research team would go through by completing the following:

 

1. Make a scatter diagram of the scores. Should be negative direction
2. Describe in words the general pattern of correlation, if any.
3. Figure the correlation coefficient.
4. Explain the logic of what you have done, writing as if you are speaking to someone who has never heard of correlation (but who does understand the mean, standard deviation, Z scores, and hypothesis testing).
5. Give three logically possible directions of causality, indicating for each direction whether it is a reasonable explanation for the correlation in light of the variables involved (and why).

 

Click belowto access the website, which explains the goal of the APA’s Committee on Animal Research and Ethics.

http://www.apa.org/science/leadership/care/index.aspx

Click below to access the website, examine the guidelines developed by the American Psychological Association’s Committee on Animal Research and Ethics (CARE).

http://www.apa.org/science/leadership/care/guidelines.aspx

Then, click below to read an alternative point of view from the animal rights perspective. Answer the following questions:

 

• What is your opinion about using animals for research?
• Was your opinion affected by the readings for this assignment?
• Under what circumstances, or for which types of research projects, would you advocate the use of animals in research?
• Do you think the use of advanced technology, such as fMRI, will eventually make animal testing obsolete?
• What safeguards do you think would be needed in order to protect participants in studies using neuroimaging methods?

Your response should be at least 2 pages long and should include at least

two scholarly references.

 

 

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Discussed your position on the use of animals for research and how the readings affected your opinion.	20
Explained the circumstances or the types of research in which you will advocate use of animals.	20
Discussed your thoughts on whether advanced technology will make animal testing obsolete.	20
Described safeguards to protect participants in studies using neuroimaging methods.	20
Used standard writing components.	20
Total:	100