Assessing Development and Comparisons between Groups

Assessing Development and Comparisons between Groups

Assessing Development and Comparisons between Groups

Question # 1

Details:

As you continue to review SPSS, statistics are important in assessing development and comparisons between groups (means). In SPSS, two group means can be compared to assess differences. You will watch the tutorial on how to do an SPSS independent-samples t-test and confidence intervals, and then perform an independent-samples t-test.

General Requirements:

Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

·         Review “SPSS Access Instructions” for information on how to access SPSS for this assignment.

·         Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.

·         You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.

Directions:

View the following:

1    SPSS for Beginners 6c: Independent-samples t-tests and Confidence Intervals available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOH46VVm1Uo

Open SPSS and do the following:

1.      Enter the data from the table below.

2.      Obtain an output (as in the tutorials).

3.      In the output document, highlight the independent-samples test table.

4.      Submit the highlighted output to your instructor.

No College IQ
104
106
105
100
110
100
110
108
103
101
College IQ
113
105
105
114
109
113
109
108
113
106

Question # 2

Details:

You work for a curriculum development company that has created a program designed to teach reading to students in grades 1-3.

1)      Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

a)      This assignment uses a grading rubric.

b)      Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

c)      You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the?directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.

2)      Include the following in your experiment design

a)      Develop a hypothesis, labeling the independent and dependent variables,

b)      Discuss how the psychoanalytic, cognitive, and behavior/social development of the students will affect the way you design and conduct the experiment.

c)      Discuss what the experimental and control groups are doing in the study

d)     Decide how many participants are needed and from what population groups they should come

e)      Discuss random sampling and random assignment.

Question # 3

Details:

A typically developing 10-year-old becomes trapped, unable to move, in an inaccessible location. It takes rescuers over 10 hours to find and rescue the child from the location.

1)      Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:

a)      This assignment uses a grading rubric.

b)      Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

c)      You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.

2)      Include the following in your paper: