Entries by Jimmie Jay

1. In our reading by Rentfrow, Gosling and Potter (2008), immigrants’ selection of regions that satisfied their physical and psychological needs, was stated to be a possible cause of average differences in personality traits by geographic region.   A. true B. false   2. In our reading by Rentfrow, Gosling and Potter (2008), early migration […]

11. According to the required portion of our reading by Graham et al. (2013), Reciprocal Altruism (Dawkins, 1976; Trivers, 1971) may be a reason for which of the following moral basis/bases:   A. ethic of care B. ethic of sanctity/degradation C. ethic of fairness D. none of the other answers given here is correct   12. […]

1. Popular press coverage of scientific, peer-reviewed articles are always misleading.   A. True B. False   2. In this module’s reading by Lewsey, published in 2021, it was said or suggested that   A. all of the answers given here are correct B. organized criminal behavior might have been partially responsible for the lesser […]

11. According to the module reading by Hofstede (2011), regarding “power distance” the following is/are true:   A. involves greater resistance to power inequality by those who are less powerful B. involves greater resistance to power inequality by those who are more powerful C. it tends to be least in Eastern Europe, Latin countries, Asia, […]

What is your opinion about the expert witness’s testimony?

From the Painter v. Bannister (1966) case, how did the appellate court treat the expert witness testimony differently than the trial court that actually listened to the expert (Dr. Hawks)?   What is your opinion about the From the Painter v. Bannister (1966) case, how did the appellate court treat the expert witness testimony differently than the trial court […]

Parenting Plans

Reflect on the following questions. Post your response to the discussion board. Post your discussion post by Thursday. 1 peer response due by Sunday. This discussion has two parts: 1) Mediators and parenting plans: Parenting Plans are often developed with the help of “mediators” (who may also provide child custody evaluations). Should these be separate roles or should […]

null hypothesis

Research question G. What is the answer to the research question? With the following information t(df)= -0.659, p=0.513, d= 5.6756   F. What is your decision about the null hypothesis (reject or fail to reject)? What is your rationale?   G. What is the answer to the research question?

correlation

Which of the following is the strongest correlation?   0.72   -0.87   -0.44   1.21

mean series

There are four series of numbers below.  Which of these can best be described as a skewed distribution? 19, 127, 132, 150, 147 235, 247, 256, 257, 269 12, 13, 15, 17, 19 250, 283, 300, 267, 289