Psychology Research Ethics - PSY 225: Research Methods

For example, in Milgram’s study of obedience the participants thought they there giving electric shocks to a learner when they answered a question wrong. In reality, no shocks were given and the learners were confederates of Milgram. This is sometimes necessary in order to avoid demand characteristics (i.e. the clues in an experiment which

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What is Inferential Statistics? - PSY 225: Research Methods

inferential statistics allows you to make predictions (“inferences”) from that data. With inferential statistics, you take data from samples and make generalizations about a population. For example, you might stand in a mall and ask a sample of 100 people if they like shopping at Sears. You could make

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The 10 Most Controversial Psychology Studies Ever Published

“science is the belief in the ignorance of experts.” Nothing is taken on faith, ... applied to the acts of abuse that occurred at the Abu Ghraib prison camp in Iraq from 2003 to 2004. This situationist interpretation has been challenged, ... and a mass replication attempt of several studies in social psychology, including social priming ...

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The 25 Most Influential Psychological Experiments in History

Study Conducted By: Jane Elliott Study Conducted in 1968 in an Iowa classroom Experiment Details: Jane Elliott’s famous experiment was inspired by the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the inspirational life that he led. The third grade teacher developed an exercise to help her Caucasian

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Margin of Error and Confidence Levels Made Simple

The Dark Side of Confidence Levels. A 95 percent level of confidence means that 5 percent of the surveys will be off the wall with numbers that do not make much sense.

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Descriptive and Inferential Statistics

Descriptive and Inferential Statistics When analysing data, such as the grades earned by 100 students, it is possible to use both descriptive and inferential statistics in your analysis. Typically, in most research conducted on groups of people, you will use both descriptive and inferential statistics to analyse your results and draw conclusions.

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Ethical Issues in Psychology

mind and behaviour, psychology requires certain ethical guidelines when dealing with people as subjects. When we talk about ‘ethical issues’ in psychology, we are referring to ideas and topics that invoke our moral responsibility. Ethical practices in psychology have changed over time. In 1947, at the end of the Second

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by David B. Resnik, J.D., Ph.D. - PSY 225: Research Methods

Ten Commandments ("Thou Shalt not kill..."), or a wise aphorisms like the sayings of Confucius. This is the most common way of defining "ethics": ... abide by regulations and guidelines relating to radiation or biological safety may jeopardize his health and safety or the health and safety of staff and students.

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SOLVING RATIONAL EQUATIONS EXAMPLES

Example: solveÎ 4 x−4 + 3 x = 6. 4 x−4 + 3 x = 6. ) 12(6) 4 3 4 12( + = x− x 3(x – 4) + 4(x) = 72 3x – 12 + 4x = 72 7x = 84 x = 12 The LCD of the fraction is 12. Multiply each side of the equation by 12. The fractions are eliminated. Emphasize that each term must be multiplied by the LCD in order to have a balanced equation. A common

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Crashing Example: The network and durations given below ...

Crashing Example: The network and durations given below shows the normal schedule for a project. You can decrease (crash) the durations at an additional expense. The Table given below summarizes the time-cost information for the activities. The owner wants you to you to finish the project in 110 days.

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PERSONAL AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PLAN EXAMPLE

DEVELOPMENT PLAN EXAMPLE DEVELOPMENT . NEED/GOAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIONS: MEASURE/TIMING BY WHOM : RESULT/ACHIEVED: 1. Enhance capability to drive: performance through others, clearly communicating my expectations of direct reports, empowering them and offering them coaching to enable delivery

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<Project Name> Business Case

Example: This business case outlines how the Web Platform (WP) Project will address current business concerns, the benefits of the project, and recommendations and justification of the project. The business case also discusses detailed project goals, performance measures, assumptions, constraints, and alternative options. Issue

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Example: the Fourier Transform of a rectangle function ...

Example: the Fourier Transform of a Gaussian, exp(-at2), is itself!22 2 {exp( )} exp( )exp( ) exp( /4 ) at at i t dt a ω ω ∞ −∞ −=− − ∝− F ∫ 0! t! exp( )− at 2 0! w!

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TEMPLATE LETTER FOR TERMINATION OF RESIDENTIAL LEASE

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