PSY 3901_ Applied Final Exam Response Sheet

PSY3901: Experimental Psychology 1 Applied Final Exam Response Sheet NAME: Instructions: Your applied final exam presents you with four different applied research examples. The methodology and data for each of these four research problems are described in detail on your PSY3901 Applied Final Exam Instructions file. Read through a research problem and then complete the exam research tasks and response questions related to that research problem included on this response sheet below. The final exam includes a total of 25 questions worth a total of 200 points (20%) toward your final grade in the course. The amount of points each question is worth is displayed alongside each question. Some exam questions instruct you to perform tasks in SPSS and provide the output you generated. For each of these questions, copy and paste the output in the space provided below each question. For questions requiring written responses, provide complete written answers in the space provided below each question. Each exam question appears on its own page in this document to help you keep your exam responses organized. Provide your SPSS output or written response below each question on the same page. Research Problem 1: Big-Five Personality Traits and Optimism Use the Research Problem 1 description and the BigFive_Optimism.sav SPSS dataset to complete the instructed tasks and obtain statistics needed to answer exam questions 1–12 included below. QUESTION 1 3 points How many males and how many females were included in the sample of 95 participants? (Hint: Request frequency tables on participant sex in SPSS.) QUESTION 1 RESPONSE QUESTION 2 3 points What percentage of the sample identified their ethnicity as African American/Black? (Hint: Request frequency tables on participant ethnicity in SPSS.) QUESTION 2 RESPONSE QUESTION 3 6 points Summarize the age characteristics in the sample of 95 participants. In your response include each of the following: The range of ages represented in the sample The mean, median, and mode The standard deviation Description of the shape of the distribution of age (Hint: Request descriptive statistics on participant age in SPSS.) QUESTION 3 RESPONSE QUESTION 4 4 points Assume any participant who had an Optimism sc