Assignment (2–4 pages, APA format): In addition to a minimum of eight scholarly references, which may include electronic government documents and reputable websites, your paper should include:

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Assignment 2: Application—Government and Public Agency Perspectives on Policy

 

In Week 8, you wrote a paper on the existing policies associated with child abuse/welfare. Subsequently, as a group, you analyzed the level of government and public agencies that are there to address the social problem in this week’s wiki assignment. It is now your turn to assimilate this week’s wiki inputs into a paper.

 

Assignment (2–4 pages, APA format): In addition to a minimum of eight scholarly references, which may include electronic government documents and reputable websites, your paper should include:

 

·      A description of the level of government and public agencies that are in place to address child abuse/welfare.

 

·      An explanation of the services the government and/or public agencies deliver and how they are delivered

 

·      An explanation of whether these social services are effective

 

References (use a minimum of eight)

 

Nguyen, L. H. (2014). A public health response to data interoperability to prevent child maltreatment. American Journal of Public Health, 104(11), 2043-8. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/docview/1619997378?accountid=14872

 

Waldfogel, J. (2000). Reforming child protective services. Child Welfare, 79(1), 43-57. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/docview/213811240?accountid=14872

 

Svevo-Cianci, K. (2009). Child protection progress in states leveraging article 19 of the UN convention on the rights of the child (1989–2008) (Order No. 3370130). Available from ProQuest Central. (305170110). Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezp.waldenulibrary.org/docview/305170110?accountid=14872

 

Accomplishments and New Directions. (n.d.). Retrieved November 04, 2016, from https://www.childwelfare.gov/topics/preventing/programs/

 

Community Partners. (n.d.). Retrieved November 04, 2016, from http://www.spoffordhome.org/communityPartner.html

 

Child Abuse Research and Resources | Prevent Child Abuse America. (n.d.). Retrieved November 04, 2016, from http://preventchildabuse.org/resources/

What independent variables are used and how are they measured? What is the justification for including these predictor variables?

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Please follow the attachment closely.

This Discussion assists in solidifying your understanding of statistical testing by engaging in some data analysis. This week you will work with a real, secondary dataset to construct a research question, estimate a multiple regression model, and interpret the results.

Whether in a scholarly or practitioner setting, good research and data analysis should have the benefit of peer feedback. For this Discussion, you will post your response to the hypothesis test, along with the results. Be sure and remember that the goal is to obtain constructive feedback to improve the research and its interpretation, so please view this as an opportunity to learn from one another.

To prepare for this Discussion:

  • Review this week’s Learning Resources and media program related to multiple regression.
  • Create a research question using the Afrobarometer Dataset or the HS Long Survey Dataset, that can be answered by multiple regression.

By Day 3

Use SPSS to answer the research question. Post your response to the following:

  1. If you are using the Afrobarometer Dataset, report the mean of Q1 (Age). If you are using the HS Long Survey Dataset, report the mean of X1SES.
  2. What is your research question?
  3. What is the null hypothesis for your question?
  4. What research design would align with this question?
  5. What dependent variable was used and how is it measured?
  6. What independent variables are used and how are they measured? What is the justification for including these predictor variables?
  7. If you found significance, what is the strength of the effect?
  8. Explain your results for a lay audience, explain what the answer to your research question.

Be sure to support your Main Post and Response Post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA Style.

Required Readings

 

Frankfort-Nachmias, C., Leon-Guerrero, A., & Davis, G. (2020). Social statistics for a diverse society (9th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Chapter 12, “Regression and Correlation” (pp. 401-457) (previously read in Week 8)

Wagner, III, W. E. (2020). Using IBM® SPSS® statistics for research methods and social science statistics (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Chapter 8, “Correlation and Regression Analysis”
Chapter 11, “Editing Output” (previously read in Week 2, 3, 4, 5. 6, 7, and 8)

https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/rsch8210

Explain the philosophical paradigm underlying the recommended approach.

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Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 1 in the Frost e-book, Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology, and the required journal articles for this week. Also review last week’s PSY635 Week Two Discussion Scenario (Links to an external site.). In that scenario, the three instructors realized there are limits to the insights they can gain through anonymous counting of discussion posts. The instructors would like to answer two additional research questions: (a) How do their students actually feel about the intervention? and (b) How do students view the influence of the intervention on their learning inside and outside of the classroom (if applicable)?

In your initial post, compare the characteristics of appropriate research designs and recommend a qualitative research design that would facilitate answering the instructors’ additional questions. Explain the philosophical paradigm underlying the recommended approach. Evaluate the required articles for this week and describe the  assumptions the instructors might have to set aside as they enter into a qualitative research study. Be sure to identify any ethical issues that may apply to the research. Review the characteristics of the quantitative approach you described in the Week Two discussion. Explain the ways in which the quantitative approach and paradigm differs from the qualitative approach and paradigm you have recommended here.

What additional thoughts and questions do these ideas raise about your understanding of the influence of either nature (biology) or nurture (experience/environment) on development overall?

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Watch either of the following films (select one; each 52 min):  Secret Life of Twins: Natural Similarities or Secret Life of Twins: Nurtured Differences

First, share which film you elected to view.

Highlight 3 significant ideas or points made in the film about our understanding of human development and how it is influenced by either genes (nature) or experience (nurture).  Compare and contrast the key points you presented with information in Chapter 2 of the text.  Are the ideas in the film supported by factual information in the text, or are they contrasted, or contradicted in some way?

What additional thoughts and questions do these ideas raise about your understanding of the influence of either nature (biology) or nurture (experience/environment) on development overall?  Did the information from the film and/or text confirm thoughts and you already held about the influence of nature v. nurture, or did it challenge your assumptions?  Explain.

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