Lab report on conspiracy and personality traits

Order Description It is about writing a lab report on an experiment made in class. Data was collected during lab work of our personality and conspiracy theories' susceptibility. Statistics, slides on the lab report and what is needed along with a key paper that is recommended to be used, I will provide to the writer myself. It is a standard research paper with introduction, methods, results, discussion. Analysis for lab 3: correlation Analysis of correlation between conspiracy belief and neuroticism This takes you step-by-step through the correlation analysis. Step 1: Complete the values within this table Neuroticism (a) Conspiracy belief (b) S a = 3979 S b = 1678 S (a2) = 116477 S (b2) = 21110 (Sa)2 =39792 (Sa)2 = (Sb)2 = 16782 (Sb)2 = S a*b =46109 N = 148 Step 2: Insert the values into the equation and work through the calculation Follow the stages on the slides for the step-by-step calculations... Step 3: Is your correlation significant? - Is your hypothesis one-tailed or two-tailed? - What is your df for the whole sample? - What is your calculated r? Use tables provided in the statistics lecture to look up whether the correlation is significant: - Calculated r value must be larger than the critical r value to be significant. - Report the smallest p at which your calculated r value is larger than the critical value. Step 4: Writing up your analysis - Standardised APA format for presenting a correlation: o r (N) = calculated value, p < p value - Remember to interpret the direction of any significant relationships. Correlations between conspiracy belief and remaining personality traits (turn page) Extraversion (a) Conspiracy belief (b) S a = 4073 S b = 1678 S (a2) = 118743 S (b2) = 21110 (Sa)2 =40732 (Sa)2 = (Sb)2 = 16782 (Sb)2 = S a*b =46207 N = 148 Step 2: Insert the values into the equation and work through the calculation Follow the stages on the slides for the step-by-step calculations... Step 3: Is your correlation significant? - Is your hypothesis one-tailed or two-tailed? - What is your df for the whole sample? - What is your calculated r? Use tables provided in the statistics lecture to look up whether the correlation is significant: - Calculated r value must be larger than the critical r value to be significant. - Report the smallest p at which your calculated r value is larger than the critical value. Step 4: Writing up your analysis - Standardised APA format for presenting a correlation: o r (N) = calculated value, p < p value - Remember to interpret the direction of any significant relationships. Openness (a) Conspiracy belief (b) S a = 4339 S b = 1678 S (a2) = 132293 S (b2) = 21110 (Sa)2 =43392 (Sa)2 = (Sb)2 = 16782 (Sb)2 = S a*b =49260 N = 148 Step 2: Insert the values into the equation and work through the calculation Follow the stages on the slides for the step-by-step calculations... Step 3: Is your correlation significant? - Is your hypothesis one-tailed or two-tailed? - What is your df for the whole sample? - What is your calculated r? Use tables provided in the statistics lecture to look up whether the correlation is significant: - Calculated r value must be larger than the critical r value to be significant. - Report the smallest p at which your calculated r value is larger than the critical value. Step 4: Writing up your analysis - Standardised APA format for presenting a correlation: o r (N) = calculated value, p < p value - Remember to interpret the direction of any significant relationships. Agreeableness (a) Conspiracy belief (b) S a = 4348 S b = 1678 S (a2) = 132274 S (b2) = 21110 (Sa)2 =43482 (Sa)2 = (Sb)2 = 16782 (Sb)2 = S a*b =48677 N = 148 Step 2: Insert the values into the equation and work through the calculation Follow the stages on the slides for the step-by-step calculations... Step 3: Is your correlation significant? - Is your hypothesis one-tailed or two-tailed? - What is your df for the whole sample? - What is your calculated r? Use tables provided in the statistics lecture to look up whether the correlation is significant: - Calculated r value must be larger than the critical r value to be significant. - Report the smallest p at which your calculated r value is larger than the critical value. Step 4: Writing up your analysis - Standardised APA format for presenting a correlation: o r (N) = calculated value, p < p value - Remember to interpret the direction of any significant relationships. Conscientiousness (a) Conspiracy belief (b) S a = 4503 S b = 1678 S (a2) = 143547 S (b2) = 21110 (Sa)2 =45032 (Sa)2 = (Sb)2 = 16782 (Sb)2 = S a*b =50865 N = 148 Step 2: Insert the values into the equation and work through the calculation Follow the stages on the slides for the step-by-step calculations... Step 3: Is your correlation significant? - Is your hypothesis one-tailed or two-tailed? - What is your df for the whole sample? - What is your calculated r? Use tables provided in the statistics lecture to look up whether the correlation is significant: - Calculated r value must be larger than the critical r value to be significant. - Report the smallest p at which your calculated r value is larger than the critical value. Step 4: Writing up your analysis - Standardised APA format for presenting a correlation: o r (N) = calculated value, p < p value - Remember to interpret the direction of any significant relationships. Analysis of all correlations Findings (APA format) Analysis significant? Direction? Neuroticism Extraversion Openness Agreeableness Conscientiousness Good luck with the analyses! Remember that you should select two of the correlations to write up for your lab report. Post any questions on the Moodle forum, but please do not post any of the actual statistical results on the discussion board. PS1010: Introduction to Psychological Research 1 Lab 17: Analysis for lab report 3 Week 8, Term 2 Plan for today... • Developing hypotheses • Tailoring your lab to your selected personality traits • Outline of the methods used • Analysing the data: correlations • Reading the core paper Developing hypotheses... • For each relationship think about... • Do you predict a relationship, no relationship? • If you predict a relationship, one or two tailed? • If you have a one tailed prediction, positive or negative? • For the lab report, you will need to select two of the personality traits to correlate with conspiracy belief • More advice, hints and tips on this next week... What would you predict for the relationship between belief in conspiracy theories and each personality trait? Developing hypotheses... • Introduction: • Avoid writing a “general” personality introduction... • Highlight the two traits you select early in the intro • Why are these traits particularly interesting? • Is there research that informed your decision/choice? • DO NOT base your predictions on your findings • Establish your predictions now, not after the analysis • DO NOT use your findings to justify your predictions • Why do you predict X? If two different predictions, why? IMPORTANT: Make this lab report your own. Select two traits, and then focus on these two traits. Lab report write up... • Methods: • Materials: State that the full NEO-FFI questionnaire was used, collecting data for all five traits • Design and analysis: Specify your two traits only • Results: • Only present the analyses for your two chosen traits • Discussion: • Include specific discussion about your two traits (in relation to conspiracy theories!), not just general “personality” discussion Methods information • What type of research design did we use? • Correlational • What were our variables? • Belief in conspiracy theory • Personality (two of N, E, O, A or C) • What do the scores really mean? • Belief in conspiracy theory • Minimum and maximum scores? • What do high scores reflect? • Personality (two of N, E, O, A or C) • Minimum and maximum scores? • What do high scores reflect? Participant details N 148 N (Males) 18 N (Females) 130 Missing data points on sex 0 Age (mean) 19.14 Age (SD) 1.87 Missing data points on age 1 PS1010: Introduction to Psychological Research 2 Descriptive statistics Mean SD Belief in conspiracy theories 11.34 3.77 Personality: Neuroticism 26.89 8.04 Personality: Extraversion 27.52 6.73 Personality: Openness 29.32 5.88 Personality: Agreeableness 29.38 5.56 Personality: Conscientiousness 30.43 6.67 Remember conspiracy belief was measured on a different scale! Neuroticism(a) Conspiracy belief (b) S a = 3979 S b = 1678 S (a2) = 116477 S (b2) = 21110 (Sa)2 =39792 (Sa)2 = 15832441 (Sb)2 = 16782 (Sb)2 = 2815684 S a*b =46109 N = 148 Correlation: Conspiracy belief and N First, calculate (Sa)2 and (Sb)2 Now enter the values into the equation and work through calculating the r value WARNING!!! Numbers get really big – be very careful when noting or calculating values. Is your correlation significant? • Is your hypothesis one-tailed or two-tailed? Up to you! • What is your df for the whole sample? N-2 = XXX • What is your calculated r? r = .XX What does this r value mean? Calculated r must be larger than critical r to be significant Is our analysis significant? What is the smallest p value at which our analysis is significant? r (N) = .XX, p < .XXX If you have a negative correlation, include the –ive sign! Writing up a correlation r (N) = .XX, p < .XXX Tells you which statistic you calculated (r) Tells you the number of participants Tells you the statistic calculated value (2 d.p.) Tells you the significance (p value) If you calculate a negative correlation, remember to include the –ive sign! Running the remaining analyses Extraversion (a) Conspiracy belief (b) S a = 4073 S b = 1678 S (a2) = 118743 S (b2) = 21110 (Sa)2 = 40732 (Sa)2 = (Sb)2 = 16782 (Sb)2 = S a*b =46207 N = 148 Openness (a) Conspiracy belief (b) S a = 4339 S b = 1678 S (a2) =132293 S (b2) = 21110 (Sa)2 =43392 (Sa)2 = (Sb)2 = 16782 (Sb)2 = S a*b =49260 N = 148 Agreeableness (a) Conspiracy belief (b) S a = 4348 S b = 1678 S (a2) = 132274 S (b2) = 21110 (Sa)2 =43482 (Sa)2 = (Sb)2 = 16782 (Sb)2 = S a*b =48677 N = 148 Conscientiousness (a) Conspiracy belief (b) S a = 4503 S b = 1678 S (a2) = 143547 S (b2) = 21110 (Sa)2 =45032 (Sa)2 = (Sb)2 = 16782 (Sb)2 = S a*b =50865 N = 148 Complete the table at the end on the analysis handout
Summarising our results... • For each personality trait... • Was the analysis significant or not? • If significant, was the direction positive or negative? • If not significant, no need to interpret direction • Does this finding support your hypothesis? N E O A C Group task Without using the exact personality trait labels (or Googled synonyms!) – develop a description of the type of person that would strongly believe in conspiracy theories. PS1010: Introduction to Psychological Research 3 Darwin et al. (2011): Introduction • Things to think about for each study... • How is the cited study relevant to yours? • In what way can you make links across the differences between their study and yours? Extrapolation... • Using this, what would you predict about the relationship between conspiracy theory belief and specific personality traits? Group task Looking at the introduction only, select two pieces of research that Darwin et al. cite that could be used to informyour lab report. Darwin et al. (2011): Methods Group task Look at each measure they included in their study (see Table 1). For each measure, does it relate to any of the measures included in our study? When looking for research for your lab, there is little on personality directly. Think about alternative measures that might tell you something about your specified two personality traits. Darwin et al. (2011): Findings Group task Look at the correlations between conspiracy belief and the various measures they included. Select three of these results, according to which you think are most relevant to our study. For each... - Which trait does this relate to? - What did they find? - How might this informyour lab? Darwin et al. (2011): Discussion • Critical thinking exercise for next week. Do they: • Relate their findings to previous research? • Consider reasons for supporting/contradicting research? • Discuss strengths and weakness of their design? • Use previous research to support their critique? • Suggest justified, logical and directly linked further research? How good do you think their discussion was? Prepare answers to each of these questions for the lab class next week... What did we do and learn today? • Developing hypotheses... • Especially how to make this lab report your own. • Select two traits, and then focus on these two traits. • Correlation analysis of our findings • Reading the core paper: Darwin et al. (20111) • In particular, how to read related research and form links to your own selected two traits. Plans for the next lab class... • Read the discussion of the key paper • Be very critical in thinking about it. Do they: • Relate their findings to previous research? • Consider reasons for supporting/contradicting research? • Discuss strengths and weakness of their design? • Use previous research to support their critique? • Suggest justified, logical and directly linked further research? • Find your own wider reading. It must be: • A research paper (not a review), published since 2008 • Think in particular about how it relates to your study: • How could your extrapolate from one to the other? PLACE THIS ORDER OR A SIMILAR ORDER WITH US TODAY AND GET AN AMAZING DISCOUNT :)