Create a presentation and write-up (300-600 words) that associates psychological theory with substance use. Consider the following in your presentation and write-up:
What explanation can psychology give to explain the use of substances? Be sure to include the media influences that are represented in your poster (e.g., advertisements for the drug, or PSA clips against the drug) as well as information presented in the text or other Internet sources.
What health hazards are associated with the use of the substances represented in your poster?
Is addiction to this drug treatable using psychological techniques? Why or why not? What techniques might be useful?
At Least two scholarly sources must be used in addition to the text. These can be websites as long as they are scholarly in nature.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
You are not required to submit this assignment to Turnitin.
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EXTRA CREDIT PROJECT
The following project is designed to give you an opportunity to become acquainted with data analysis software programs such as SPSS and Excel. In addition, you will be exposed to writing a results section in formatting required by the American Psychological Association.
The gender wage gap has been well reported throughout modern United States history. Historically, men have earned more than women even after the Equal Pay Act of 1963. Even after accounting for job type and educational level, women still make less.
The following set of data were taken from the US Census Bureau and reported by the National Committee on Pay Equity. You will conduct an independent samples t-test between the wages of men and women from 2004 2014 and conclude whether or not this difference in pay is statistically significant. You are responsible for inputting the data into the software program of your choice, and analyzing the data. In addition, you will choose one article relevant to the topic of the gender wage gap and compare your findings to the article.
Step 1: Follow the link to retrieve the data set: http://www.pay-equity.org/info-time.html
When inputting data, use the chart titled wage gap over time and use only the first two columns.
Conduct an independent measures t-test using the first five wages for women and men.
Step 2: After conducting the analysis, follow the next steps.
In the first paragraph:
A.Explain the steps that were taken in completing the analysis (i.e. what type of test was used, what were your groups)?
B.What was the n of each group? Standard deviation of each group? Means of each group?
C.Determine what conclusions can be made. In one or two sentences, summarize the findings in APA formatting.
AN EXAMPLE OF THIS: As predicted, results from an independent samples t test indicated that individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia (M = .76, SD = .20, N = 10) scored much higher (i.e., less logically consistent) on the sorting task than college students (M = .17, SD = .13, N = 9), t(17) = 7.53, p < .001, two-tailed
Your t-test is about the difference in wage between men and women. Therefore, you will have the mean and standard deviation for mens wages, and the mean and standard deviation for womens wages. Where it says t(17), 17 is the degrees of freedom of the two groups (n-2). The link below can tell you the different information that is being provided there. http://statistics-help-for-students.com/How_do_I_report_independent_samples_T_test_data_in_APA_style.htm#.Vx2vtTArKM8
D.What do the findings mean using non-statistical words?
In the second paragraph:
E.What may have been potential limitations of the data set?
F.Using one article of your choice, summarize the main point(s) of the article.
G.Compare your current findings to the article. More specifically, does your data support the conclusions that have been reported in the news? Why or why not?
