Culture Neutral Assessment Presentation

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Develop an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with detailed speaker notes on the selection process of a culture-neutral assessment. Include examples of when culture-biased assessments have been problematic.

 

Develop a role-play for a commitment hearing that illustrates the consequences of not following the selection process. Make sure a team member represents the psychologist, the client advocate, and other roles as necessary.

 

Submit a transcript of the role-play along with your presentation.

Statistics Psychology

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Assignment Instructions

Provide a clear and concise answer to each question below making sure to address each part of the question (if the problem requires you to perform calculations by hand, you must show work). Then, submit the file (appropriately named) with your answers through the assignment link in this course space. Do not attach SPSS data and output files, copy and paste them into this assignment.

  1. A psychologist is examining the educational advantages of a preschool program and suspects that there will be significant differences in achievement based on preschool attendance. Twenty-four randomly selected 4th grade children are used in the study. Half attend a preschool program and half do not. Each child’s achievement score is given below. Make sure to use the appropriate t-test for this analysis!

    Preschool: 8, 6, 8, 9, 7, 9, 6, 9, 8, 9, 7, 8
    No Preschool: 6, 5, 7, 6, 8, 5, 7, 5, 6, 7, 5, 6

    1. What is the null and alternative hypothesis (in symbols) for this t-test? (1 point)
    2. Use SPSS to calculate the appropriate t-test statistic, be sure to include your SPSS output for the t-test and descriptive statistics below. Is the t-test significant? (2 points)
    3. State your conclusion in APA format. (2 points)
  2. A manager would like to know if the performance of sales representatives significantly improves over the first 6 months of employment. For 5 new sales representatives, the number of sales in the first month is recorded and the number of sales in the sixth month is recorded. The sales numbers at the 1st and 6th month are given below. Make sure to use the appropriate t-test for this analysis!
Person 1st Month 6th Month
1 150 145
2 190 220
3 80 140
4 155 155
5 87 94
    1. What is the null and alternative hypothesis (in symbols) for this t-test? (1 point)
    2. What is the critical value for this t-test (α = .05)? (1 point)
    3. Calculate the appropriate t-test statistic (by hand) and determine if it is significant (α = .05) (2 points)
    4. State your conclusion in APA format. (1 point)
  2. A researcher expects that there is a significant difference in pay for public employees in State A compared to State B. Public employees in State A are paid an average of μ = $12.50 an hour. Just over the border in State B, summary statistics on wages are not available, but a random sample of 4 public employees (This is too small of a sample, but I do not want to make this too time consuming either) are paid the wages below. Make sure to use the appropriate t-test for this analysis!

    $8 $8 $16 $8

    1. What is the null and alternative hypothesis (in symbols) for this t-test? (1 point)
    2. What is the critical value for this t-test (α = .05)? (1 point)
    3. Calculate the appropriate t-test statistic (by hand) and determine if it is significant (α = .05) (2 points)
    4. State your conclusion in APA format. (1 point)
      Is the pay for workers in State B significantly different from the pay in State A?
  1. A literacy expert is trying to institute a new program for improving reading scores of people who are incarcerated. The expert finds pairs of inmates who are matched on their IQ scores and then randomly assigns one member of each pair to receive the new reading program and the other member of each pair to watch TV for the same amount of time. At the end of the program all the inmates in the study are given a reading exam. The data are:
Pair TV Watching Reading Program
1 10 12
2 15 25
3 13 15
4 16 20

 

    1. What is the null and alternative hypothesis (in symbols) for this t-test? (1 point)
    2. Use SPSS to calculate the appropriate t-test statistic, be sure to include your SPSS output for the t-test and descriptive statistics below. Is the t-test significant? (2 points)
    3. State your conclusion in APA format. (2 points)

Scatter Plot

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A researcher is interested in investigating the relationship between viewing time (in seconds) and ratings of aesthetic appreciation. Participants are asked to view a painting for as long as they like. Time (in seconds) is measured. After the viewing time, the researcher asks the participants to provide a ‘preference rating’ for the painting on a scale ranging from 1-10. Create a scatter plot depicting the following data:

 

 

 

 

 

Viewing Time in Seconds Preference Rating
10 3
12 4
24 7
5 3
16 6
3 4
11 4
5 2
21 8
23 9
9 5
3 3
17 5
14 6

 

 

 

 

 

What does the scatter plot suggest about the relationship between viewing time and aesthetic preference? Is it accurate to state that longer viewing times are the result of  greater preference for paintings? Explain. Submit your scatter plot and your answers to the questions to your instructor.

 

Self Management Project Topic Selection

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Self-Management Project Topic Selection

First, please review the description of the Week Five Self-Management Project.    You’ll want to identify a behavior in yourself that you’d like to change…this will be your target behavior.   You’ll need to describe the behavior in clear terms so that you can measure the frequency/duration/etc. of this behavior when you’re determining your baseline data.   (Remember, baseline data is data that describes those parameters of the behavior before you begin any type of intervention.   i.e. How often do you exhibit this behavior each day?)

 

 

Write a 175-word summary on the target behavior in observable and measurable terms. Please note that this behavior must be one that you’ll exhibit multiple times per day in order to achieve the goals of the assignment.  Include the methods that will be used to observe and acquire baseline data.

Week 5 Self-management Project

Based on the approved topics you submitted to your instructor in Week 3, track baseline data over a 3-day period, using the Baseline Data Worksheet. (You likely finished this in Week Four.) Considering the behavior that you would like to change in yourself, please compose an intervention plan to accomplish this change.

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper discussing the following topics:

Describe the target behavior. (This is the behavior you wish to change.) Outline the dimensions of measurement/baseline measurement. (How will you/did you set the parameters to measure the behavior prior to beginning your intervention?) Describe the function of the baseline behavior. (What need is this behavior serving for you? Could this need be altered or met in a different way?) Define the goals of the behavioral change. (What do you hope to accomplish after your intervention?)

Propose a Behavior Intervention Plan based on goals.

2 antecedent changes (minimum).

4 consequence modifications (1 of each type).

Describe any potential barriers to treatment, and how you would overcome these barriers. Describe the expected outcome if the behavior intervention plan was implemented and followed.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines; please be sure to use concepts and terminology from our text to address each topic. (This means you’ll need to list and cite our text as a reference.)