Deception in Research PSYCH/540 August 5‚ 2013 Kimberly Wilkins Deception in Research Ethics are a very important part of psychological research‚ not only for the researcher‚ but also for the participant(s). Researchers have a duty to protect the participants from any kind of harm or injury. There is not one exact definition of ethics‚ as there are many. In this paper I will discuss what I believe the definition of ethics to be‚ along with the connection between deception and ethics
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Julia’s Food Booth Strayer University Quantitative Methods MAT 540 December 12‚ 2012 Dr. L. Joseph Introduction Julia is a senior at Tech‚ and she’s investigating different ways to finance her final year at school. She is considering leasing a food booth outside the Tech stadium at home football games. Tech sells out every home game‚ and Julia knows‚ from attending the games herself‚ that everyone eats a lot of food. She has a booth‚ and the booths are not very large. Vendors
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24/10/2011 MTH 110 – INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS Session 4 – Measures of Dispersion‚ Variance and Standard Deviation Instructor: Manos Takas Email: m.takas@cityu.gr Range Look at these two sets of data: 2‚ 3‚ 4‚ 5‚ 6 3‚2‚3‚5‚13 -3‚2‚3‚5‚13 They both have a mean of 4. However‚ you can see that the first data set (21 is more spread out than the second data set. The mean doesn’t tell you this. _ To represent the data more accurately‚ you need the mean plus a measure of the spread or dispersion
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Hayley Wicks ACCT 540 Week 4: Course Project (Case 1) Typically‚ hedging strategies are implemented as a means of protection. The dictionary tells us that hedging strategies involve making counterbalancing investments in order to avoid a loss. With regards to the futures market‚ hedging strategies involve a position in the market that is the opposite of an entity’s current position. Any gain or loss in the cash market is usually followed by a counterbalanced effect in the futures market since the
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Week 1 quiz Week 1‚ Quiz 1 Points Received 40/40 (100%) 1. Total cost equal the fixed cost plus the variable cost per unit divided by volume • True • False 2. Objective probabilities that can be stated prior to the occurrence of an event are • Subjective • A priori • Classical or a priori • None of the above 3. An experiment is an activity that results in one of several possible outcomes. • True
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Research Methods in Psychology PSY 540 September 9‚ 2013 Instructor: Research Methods in Psychology Descriptive statistics give us a way to sum up and express our data but do not allow one to make a judgment related to ones theory. When delivering a test of diversity there are two primary techniques of sum up the data using descriptive statistics. The primary direction to measure the central tendency for two conditions (mean‚ median or mode.) The second technique to show date is
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When considering the first variable “Home”‚ I begin by questioning how can the information gathered be classified and broken down. Can it be divided in number order? No. Is one response in some way able to be ranked with value‚ as in this answer is obviously more valuable than this one? No. I believe that Home will be a Nominal Variable. It has multiple categories without natural order or value. When considering the variable “Arrests” I begin by questioning is this information based on words or
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Math Summative: Fishing Rods Fishing Rods A fishing rod requires guides for the line so that it does not tangle and so that the line casts easily and efficiently. In this task‚ you will develop a mathematical model for the placement of line guides on a fishing rod. The Diagram shows a fishing rod with eight guides‚ plus a guide at the tip of the rod. Leo has a fishing rod with overall length 230 cm. The table shown below gives the distances for each of the line guides from the tip of
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Assignment Quantitative Methods Strayer University Step 1 For step‚ one I generated a column of random numbers‚ which will help me to determine the weeks between breakdowns. I used the equation in excel =Rand( ). Next‚ I generated a column to determine the weeks between breakdowns. I used the formula in excel =8*SQRT(r) and used the previous mentioned randomly generated numbers. Once I had the randomly generated weeks‚ I created a column for the cumulative
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UNIT 1 ASSIGNMENT PREPARED FOR PREPARED BY COURSE: GB 540 ECONOMIC FOR GLOBAL DECISION MAKERS DATE: MAY 01‚ 2012 Answer#1 Production Possibilities of T-shirts and Knitting machines ............................... Production Alternative.. Type of Product A B C D E ....................................................................... T-shirts 0 1 2 3 4
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