Moment of inertia

As mentioned previously, the focus of this study was to determine if a relationship exists between communication apprehension, academic performance, and affective learning. Results were recorded using Qualtrics, a web-based research software that provides survey platforms. These results were input into SPSS so that statistical analysis could be performed. Given the nature of the variables of interest (continuous), two correlations tests were performed. Hypothesis One: Correlations Test A sample…

Introduction Employee engagement is a workplace tactic that brings about the ideal conditions for all associates of an organization to: excel each day, commit to their companies’ goals, and be driven to contribute to the organization’s success. Employee engagement can be measured and can vary from poor to great. Nurturing employee engagement in the workplace can also deepen communication between members of an organization and increase the overall productivity. The purpose of this study is to…

There is little doubt public education in the United States is under intense scrutiny from the American public in recent years. In Mississippi, years of negative student outcomes have created a great deal of negative publicity for the state’s public schools. It is important for educators, whether at the district level, research level, or policymaking level, to continue to study available data to identify areas of weakness with the realm of education and work collaboratively to remedy those…

A total of four hypotheses were examined using the following variables: feelings of tension and anxiety before and after watching a video in which a news story covered a student going to a college campus with the intent of harming people, perceived threat while watching the video, perceived threat while watching similar news coverages, the number of hours a day spent consuming news, and participant gender. First, to test the hypothesis that feelings of tension and anxiety will be higher after…

the BDI, which contains 21 items with a possible score range from 0 to 63, includes the risk of developing different interpretations of test scores depending on the rater. Bumberry et al. (1978) addressed this issue by calculating a Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient between primary (i.e. structured interview used for over 2 decades) and secondary raters (i.e. board certified psychiatrists with 9 and 4 years of experience). Researchers found that inter-rater reliability between the…

When trying to accomplish anything in life, it is smart to pay attention to efficiency. By definition, being efficient is “achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense.” Any coach in the NFL will tell you that being efficient is vital if a team wants to be successful. When it comes to anything from practice to traveling, it is smart to do the most with the least. There are plenty of efficiency statistics recorded in the NFL; they range from defensive efficiency to yards…

GENDER When comparing gender, the connection between conscientiousness and academic performance is fully facilitated by effort. Females have higher levels of conscientiousness and academic performance when compared to males (Berings, De Feyter, Van den Broeck, Brebels, & Proost, 2013). Therefore, females study more in comparison to their male peers and can generally be described as being more organised, disciplined and motivated to achieve. These vital traits of conscientiousness result in high…

Friendships and Self-Esteem Correlate The feeling of connectedness has been shown in past research to positively correlate with a person’s self-esteem. Those who felt they belonged and had some sort of connection with others overall had better self-esteem, as well as a better mental state, such as lower symptoms of depression (Dang, 2014). The purpose of this study was to see if there is a positive correlation between self-esteem and social inclusion by measuring self-esteem and friendships.…

Computer exercise one and two Nominal level data was identified based on the parameters that it is mutually exclusive and exhaustive. It cannot be ranked but it maybe assigned a number such as one or two for classification purposes Burns, Grove, Gray (2013), Using the bladder study provided in SPSS, nominal level data were identified as, education level, ethnicity, zip code and marital status. Two modes were identified from the nominal level data. For ethnicity the mode was African American (n…

Procedure The subjects were asked to individually fill out the digital surveys online during their PSYC121 labs. The classroom is set up with computers lining the walls on three sides of the room. The Classrooms hold a maximum of 16 people per lab. There were dividers between each of the computers so that subjects could not see each other’s screens and because subjects where facing the walls minimised distraction by other subjects. The study was approved by the Victoria University ethics…