Confounding

Internal validity shows the extent to which the results can be attributed to the manipulation of the independent variables rather than to some confounding variables. It ensures that only the intended variable cause changes to the dependent variables. A research with good internal validity has no intruders (confounds) and offers only one explanation to the results. This increases the relevance of the…

conference with the counseling group. Along with developing the interview arrangement the phrase recovery was not utilized at first as determine to delineate in the initiation (Simmonds, et al., 2013). Additionally, it may have been trivial or confounding and opposing at the very…

1. One might "operationalize" or define jealousy into measurable parts by recording the physical response of the subject that researchers are trying elicit the emotion of jealousy. Several physical responses' of the subject that could be recorded are: the heart rate, the blood pressure, the amount of stress hormones, or the region of the brain that becomes active. These are also examples of physiological measures, measure that provide data on bodily responses. One could also define jealousy by…

born a woman, and you were born with a mental illness. Would these people, including you, be in the same places they are today? Would these people have been capable of accomplishing the same feats they have? How would the world be altered? The confounding variables of genetics and luck set the parameters for the freedom of life. Genetics, the immutable nature of how one is born, specifies parameters by which one can live our life. It is not known to what extent DNA or the environment…

Assignment #2 There are numerous concerns in Jim Jensen’s approach to resolving his team’s customer service difficulties. Prior to conducting research, Jensen does not collect any information from his sales staff or other colleagues. Instead, he assumes the customer complaints are due to his team’s inadequacy in providing satisfactory customer service. This assumption is a substantial flaw in Jensen’s process. There may be other reasons why the number of customer complaints has increased such…

to the landowner various circumstances and the proprietor has done nothing to get it settled. At that point the means have been separated yet when the proprietor comes to look at things he doesn't tumble down coming up the means. That all sounds confounding to me. The proprietor then says that the inhabitant owes him ten dollars, the occupant declines to pay him until he repairs the place as though it was new. As the sonnet goes on it seems like the proprietor is arranging something significant.…

strength key in using this design would be that it is easy and cheap to use, the subjects can be matched; which reduces any influence of confounding variables, and standardization of outcome is possible. A weakness would be that the outcome of the interest would take time to happen, no randomization, blinding is difficult, or it’s difficult to identify due to confounding variables. One ethical issue that could apply to this research would be informed consent. Informed consent is used to help…

A Quasi-Experimental Study to Test a Prevention Bundle for Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections: A Study Critique This paper critiques Blanck, Donahue, Brentlinger, Stinger, and Polito’s study, A quasi-experimental study to test a prevention bundle for catheter-associated urinary tract infections (Blanck, Donahue, Brentlinger, Stinger, & Polito, 2014). The article describing this study was well-organized and easy-to-read; it tested the use of specific nursing practices to reduce…

Schizophrenia is a mental disease where people cannot differentiate what is real and what is not real. Typical symptoms are sensations that aren’t real. This includes touch, taste, vision, and hearing. Many schizophrenics hear voices and see things that are not there. It is a rare disease, and often times cannot be treated with any medicine. Schizophrenia usually starts in the early twenties, and males are twice as likely to get it. Individuals suffering from that disease do not experience…

gives evidence for the assertion that human beings are not objects (Fiske & Taylor, 2013). Essentially, perception of humans like ourselves and other objects perceived are not the same within the human mind. Two specific regions of the brain are involved in similar processes: the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is used in social cognition and superior temporal sulcus (STS) in used in “judgements of intent and trajectory” (Fiske & Taylor, 2013). Purpose and Use of Social Perception Social…