Ashford PSY325 2021 June Week 1 Discussion Latest

PSY325 Statistics for the Behavioral & Social Sciences

Week 1 Discussion

Career Connection

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 in your course textbook, the Week 1 Instructor Guidance, and review the Help Need Article (Links to an external site.) tutorial on how to find articles in the library and the Module 2: Describing Data video.

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For this discussion, you will discuss your future career and how statistical analysis may be used in that field. In the University of Arizona Global Campus Library, find a peer-reviewed research study relevant to your chosen career and that presents statistical information to answer the research question.

For your initial post,

State your future career and discuss how statistical analysis may be used in that field. What types of projects might involve statistical analysis in your future career?

Summarize the article’s content and point out any statistical procedures you recognize from this week’s reading.

What research question did the authors investigate?

What variables did they use?

Did the article include any graphs or charts?

If so, what types were they? Did they help you to understand the information better? Why or why not?

Is this article something that will be helpful in your future career? If so, how?