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Statistical Tools and Their Appropriate Uses

data, researchers determine an alpha level, which is basically "how willing they are to be wrong when they state that there is a r...

Cognitive Development and Social Development

Olga, May 2009, Gender Differences and Cognitive Correlates of Mathematical Skills in School-Aged Children, Child Neuropsychology,...

WWIS-IV Case Study

Bowles & Skibbe, 2006). There are several cognitive assessment tests that can be used with preschoolers. These include the BSID-II...

Ethical Issues in Psychology

the therapist needs to be based on the childs age and maturity as well as the determined goals for the process (Fisher, 2009; Isaa...

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS: DANVILLE AIRLINES

The problem with genetic testing is that it only reveals a genetic predisposition for a particular disease. David Reigers father h...

Determining Statistical Tests

Different types of tests may be used for differing purposes and with different types of data. This paper looks at how univariate ...

Research Summary, Greba, et al (2001)

This research paper is a summary of the research conducted by Greba, Gifkins and Kokkinidis (2001), who investigated the amygdaloi...

Take Charge, Take the Test, A CDC Campaign

This research paper describes and evaluates the CDC's "Take Charge, Take the Test," which is a campaign targeted at African Americ...

Research Design in Standardized Testing

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at standardized testing. Program evaluation is used to examine the efficacy of standar...

Using a T-Test to Assess Data

The paper uses descriptive statistics and shows the use of hypothesis testing utilizing a two tailed t-test. The data provided ar...

Statistical Assessment of Team Performance and Coaches Salaries

A correctional analysis is undertaken in order to test whether or not there is a correlation between basketball coaches salaries a...

WISC IV

The WISC was first released in 1949 as a downward extension of the adult IQ test. Wechsler revised it in 1974 and it has been revi...

Canadian Drug Testing in the Workplace

Employers in Canada face legislative restrictions concerning their abilities to test employees for drugs. This foundation level p...

Are IQ Tests Useful

The most controversial construct in psychology is intelligence and is complementary practice, intelligence testing. This essay pro...

Employee Assessment

this paper properly! 1. Types of Workplace Psychological Tests There are many different types of psychological tests that can b...

Psychological Tests and Their Uses

its various manifestations, as well as touch upon its appropriateness and reliability as a precise tool Before going into the maj...

Psychological Tests and When to Use Them

applications of these tests that can be disruptive or harmful to the individuals involved. This paper will explore the appropriate...

Psychological Testing - How to Acquire Information

Additionally, within the realm of books written on the topic of psychological tests, it is considered particularly rich, and to ha...

The Construction of Psychological Tests

test development is the factor analysis method. In this method, one identifies the "dimensions underlying a large number of observ...

Laws and Ethics of Testing

(2) informed consent is implied because testing is conducted as a routine educational, institutional or organizational activity" (...

The SBQ-R and its Validity

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the SBQ-R psychological test. Drawing upon a review of literature, the validity of ...

Psychometric Testing

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at psychometric testing. Testing concepts are examined through discussion questions. Pa...

Standardized Testing Criticisms

In a paper of four pages, the writer looks at standardized testing. A favorable position is taken towards the use of such tests. P...

Psychological Tests - Their Validity and Usage

the MMPI uses this scale, an individuals responses are judged across five key dimensions that correspond to aspects of personality...

Correlation, ANOVA, and T-Tests

is 24 hours. Hypothesis testing will be highly useful for performing this comparison. The first step of statistical hypothesis te...

Personality Tests - Their Limited Value

tests in order to assess the potential compatibility of employees that they are considering hiring. However, there is little, if a...

Hypothesis Testing and its Applications

is "statistically significant" or likely to occur by chance. For example, even if treatment A outperforms treatment B in the major...

Paternity Testing - A Multidimensional Overview

a paternity test happening simply by blind chance is as low as .0001%. For this reason, paternity tests are considered scientifica...

Psychological Testing - The Legal and Ethical Dimensions

tested must absolutely be informed "about the nature and purpose of the assessment" and then give their consent to be assessed in ...

Organizations and Psychological Testing

integration, without the hire producing much value in exchange. For this reason, organizations often use psychological testing dur...