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The document outlines a quantitative reasoning activity for a student named Farida R. Burenbeiya, involving two psychological studies. The first study analyzes predictors of job performance using employee data, while the second study presents survey results on debt incurred by doctoral psychology students. Students are instructed to compute statistical measures and summarize findings based on the provided data.

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The document outlines a quantitative reasoning activity for a student named Farida R. Burenbeiya, involving two psychological studies. The first study analyzes predictors of job performance using employee data, while the second study presents survey results on debt incurred by doctoral psychology students. Students are instructed to compute statistical measures and summarize findings based on the provided data.

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Quantitative Reasoning Activity

Student Name: Farida R. Burenbeiya

Instructions: Below are the results of two different psychological studies. In the first study, the
raw data are presented along with an explanation of the hypotheses explored in the study. In the
second study, a graphical representation of the findings is presented for review. Please examine
the questions below and provide the information requested for each of the two psychological
studies on this document and submit it to the Dropbox no later than Sunday 11:59 PM
EST/EDT of Module 5.

Study 1: An industrial/organizational psychologist wants to examine the best predictors of job


performance at her company. The organization evaluates employees once a year using the
“Employee Performance Evaluation” – a form that evaluates employees on ten important job
dimensions and results in scores of 10 through 100 with 100 being indicative of outstanding
performance. The other variables available for examination include gender, college grade point
average (GPA), and interview score (which ranges from 30 to 80 with a higher score being more
positive). The data for the employees of the organization are presented below.

ID Gender College GPA Interview Score Employee Performance


Evaluation
1 1 3.01 50 92
2 2 2.98 60 78
3 1 3.49 40 56
4 1 3.90 30 66
5 2 2.75 45 78
6 2 2.89 33 88
7 1 2.76 56 67
8 2 3.26 35 72
9 1 3.65 78 79
10 2 3.08 87 83
11 2 3.18 55 86
12 2 3.33 33 82
13 1 2.92 32 66
14 1 3.76 51 99
15 1 3.21 54 76
16 1 2.90 49 67
17 2 4.00 77 89
18 2 3.82 43 88
19 1 3.21 56 82
20 2 3.07 34 78
21 1 2.94 65 69
22 2 3.19 62 79
23 1 3.22 68 84
24 1 3.41 74 85
25 2 3.52 34 81
26 2 3.44 80 90
27 1 2.78 55 60
28 1 3.06 59 78
29 1 3.54 62 88

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Using the data in the table above, please answer the following three questions to the best of
your ability (NOTE: SPSS is a special program that is available for purchase, but is not required
for this course):

1. Using VasserStats (http://www.vassarstats.net) or another appropriate software program


like Excel or SPSS, compute the mean for the GPA variable and the standard deviation
for Employee Performance Evaluation. Fill in the values where indicated below:

Mean for GPA __3.25__

Standard Deviation for Employee Performance Evaluation __10.10328__

2. Using VasserStats (http://www.vassarstats.net) or another appropriate software program


like Excel or SPSS, compute the bivariate correlation (Pearson Product Moment
Correlation Coefficient) between the Interview Score variable and the Employee
Performance Evaluation variable. Fill in the value where indicated below:

Correlation between Interview Score and Employee Performance


Evaluation _0.305005_

3. Review the scores of participant 26 in relation to the mean and standard deviation for the
Employee Performance Evaluation (Hint: You will need to calculate the mean for this
variable but you can use the standard deviation you found in question 1). Based on this
information about central tendency and variability, describe in a few sentences how this
person performed on the evaluation. Write your responses in the space below:

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Study 2: In 2014, The American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS)
conducted a national survey of individuals in doctoral programs to determine the average
amount of debt incurred during the process of obtaining either a PhD or PsyD in psychology.
The results of their study are presented in the chart below:

Using the information presented above, please answer the following two questions:

1. Which group (Health Service Provision PhD Degrees, Health Service Provision PsyD
Degrees or Non-Health Service Provision Degrees) incurred the most debt? Provide
your answer in the space below:

2. In a short sentence or two, summarize the findings presented in the chart above:

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