Unit 4 Discussion Overview

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Unit 4 Discussion Overview

Needs assessments and gap analyses are diagnostic tools to help identify the real learning needs and knowledge gaps within an organization. These assessments are conducted at the initiation of a project in order to determine what changes are needed, and how these change processes should be designed and delivered to stakeholders.

Topic 1: Learning Needs and Gap Analysis

Provide a brief description of the purposes for a learning needs assessment and a gap analysis. What is the major difference between the two processes?

PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS

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Part I: Computation and Short Answer (80 points)

Question 1.Identify each of the following as examples of nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio scales of measurement. (4 points each)

  1. A poll of registered voters in Florida asking which candidate they support
  2. The length of time required for a wound to heal when using a new medicine
  3. The number of telephone calls arriving at a switchboard per five-minute period
  4. The distance first-year college football players can kick a ball
  5. Mental health diagnoses present in an elderly population
  6. The rankings of employees on their job performance
Question 2.Two hundred raffle tickets are sold. Your friend has five people in her family who each bought two raffle tickets. What is the probability that someone from her family will win the raffle?
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Ethics In Research

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Assignment : Discussion Question: Ethics in Research

By Friday, June 12, 2015, respond to the discussion question below. Submit your response to the appropriate Discussion Area.

 

Assignment : Ethics in Research

As noted in your book, psychological testing is often used in behavioral and social research. Most colleges and universities have a committee dedicated to approving human participant research, called the Institutional Review Board. In the past, certain types of research undertaken using human participants have been considered unethical. Refer to the Stanford Prison Experiment study, by clicking the title or the link provided below.

 

Based on the findings of this study and others, discuss what you consider to be important prerequisites for conducting research on human behavior by using human participants. Be sure to incorporate information on ethical principles drawn from the online content, the textbook, and other credible, scholarly sources such as the APA website listed below to substantiate the points you are making.

 

Apply APA standards for citations of sources.

Explain the importance of the Zimbardo study in guiding our decision-making as related to testing and research.

Zimbardo, Z.P. (2009). The Stanford prison experiment. Retrieved from http://www.prisonexp.org/

American Psychological Association. (2010a). Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct 2010 Amendments. Standard 8 : Research and Publication. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx

American Psychological Association. (2010b). Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct 2010 Amendments. Standard 9 : Assessment. Retrieved from http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/index.aspx

 

Rationale For And Potential Bias In Qualitative Research

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Rationale for and Potential Bias in Qualitative Research

Assume the role of a chief researcher for the state Department of Education who is examining two groups with similar educational deficiencies. One group involved in the study is a rural, ethnically-defined, aboriginal group with a high rate of health issues including diabetes, vision impairment, and heart disease. The other group is also a rural group living on family-owned farms (as opposed to corporate farms) that are in severe decline as a result of years of decreasing rainfall and drought. Both groups exhibit achievement test scores that are more than one standard deviation below the mean at all grade levels, and excessive high school drop-out rates.

 

Directions:

Use the scenario presented above to write a paper of 1,000-1,250 words that addresses the use of qualitative research as a means of studying the two groups in the scenario. Include the following in your paper:

1. A rationale for using qualitative research methods instead of quantitative research.

2. A statement of how the worldviews and paradigms of the researcher may create bias when applying qualitative research to the given scenario.