To prepare: Review the Learning Resources and current, peer-reviewed sources (within the last 5 years) from your own internet research about the traits, tendencies, characteristics, statistics, etc. of the population associated with your current, advanced forensic psychology issue. For your annotated bibliography, identify at least 4 additional scholarly resources related to traits, tendencies, characteristics, statistics,…
Null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) has long been the method of inference in psychology, yet its flaws have been well documented. Both Cohen (1990) and Schmidt (1996) highlight the dangers of relying on statistical significance as the primary criterion for evaluating research findings, yet they do underline various aspects of the problem. Both critiques…
Cohen (1990) and Schmidt (1996) both raised important criticisms about the overuse of null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) in psychology, highlighting its problematic nature for our field. Cohen (1990) believed that one major issue is how we as psychologists often misuse the information from a p-value. For a finding to be statistically significant (p…
Null hypothesis testing flaws in research and in the psychology field Null hypothesis significance testing has been a dominant method in psychological research and is still used, despite significant flaws, in the academic environment, even among experienced researchers. According to Cohen (1990) and Schmidt (1996), many researchers, including students in graduate programs, emphasize the…
Combining internet research and critical thinking, you will explore key milestones and potential concerns related to the aging brain. This assignment is designed to help you demonstrate your understanding of how this essential organ changes over time. Begin by selecting any two ages you are interested in learning more about, then: Compare and contrast…
You will use Qualtrics to program the research materials (i.e., surveys) that you will give to participants. You must program your materials exactly how you want participants to see them in your survey. SNHU’s How to Get Started With Qualtrics 2021 guide will help you access and use Qualtrics before beginning work on this milestone.…
To prepare: Reflect on this week’s experiences with your team. Assignment Complete your journal entry for this week in your Personal Journal, reflecting on your experiences with the team process for this week. How is it going? What are you learning about yourself? What are you learning about the team process? What seems to be…
To prepare: Review the Patton reading, “Qualitative Evaluation Checklist,” from this week’s Learning Resources. From the articles in the Learning Resources, select and review at least one article from each type of evaluation design (process evaluation, case study, monitoring program activities), for a total of at least three articles. Pay attention to why and how…
To prepare: For this Discussion, choose one of the crime scene scenarios in the “Crime Scene Scenarios” document in the Learning Resources. You will create and post your violent crime case analysis in the form of a 5-minute video. Familiarize yourself with the Kaltura interactive media resource, in the Learning Resources, for instructions on creating,…
I. Introduction In today’s fast-paced world, audiences have limited attention spans, and traditional presentations often fail to engage. The PechaKucha presentation format emerged as a creative solution to “death by PowerPoint.” Definition: PechaKucha (Japanese for “chit-chat”) is a 20×20 presentation style: 20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds, totaling 6 minutes and 40 seconds. Origin:…