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Portfolio of Statistical Exercises
For this portfolio of statistical exercises you will be presented with FIVE research questions and datasets which you need to conduct the relevant statistical test(s) for and write-up the findings in an appropriate format. You should attempt each question. The mark that you receive will reflect how well you have answered all FIVE research questions and therefore missing any questions out will adversely affect you mark.
For each exercise requiring data analysis you are required to conduct and then report the findings of an appropriate analysis of the data provided in the reporting style that we have shown you. You should screen the data prior to any analyses and routinely report appropriate estimates of effect size and other relevant statistical information where appropriate. You should also include appropriate and clearly expressed hypotheses.
You should include any calculations and all relevant SPSS outputs (e.g.., data screening checks, analyses, etc) as appendices.
For each question/exercise you should include the following sections:
Hypothesis or hypotheses: This should be clearly written and explain what you are testing for based upon the description of the research question.
Results: As stated above, in this section you should justify your selection of the test used and write up the results in the reporting style you have been shown.
Discussion: There should be a brief (i.e., a paragraph) discussion of the findings of the results in light of the research question.
Appendix: Please include any calculations and all relevant SPSS outputs for the question at the end of the answer to the question (in other words, don’t have a single appendix at the end with all of the outputs for all of the questions – it makes it more difficult for us to check them for an assessment like this).
Exercise 1
An opportunity sample of 50 undergraduate students were asked to complete a series of personality questionnaires investigating the…

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‘MMI’ -Transformation to a selfless me
1.Introduction
I am the only daughter in my family. My dad passed away when I was very young. As a spoilt and pampered child in the house, I always think of what I want, and what I think. It is always Me, Myself and I (“MMI”). In my project, I would like to propose for a change in this undesired thought which ultimately affects my undesired behaviour. This selfish thought of mine has made me a very selfish person.
There are a few instances where my friends fell out with me due to my selfishness.I need to change my selfish behaviour, in this world, it should not be just MMI, and there are more than just this. Often, I am too impulsive, and it seems that my brain is taking full control of my behaviour and action too fast. I want to change this selfish behaviour before I losses more friends and my love ones. I know they are putting up with me for too long. I need to change my mind-set first and convinced myself that the MMI thoughts do not work in this world. It leads to a lot of unhappy people around me. Why do I have such a mind-set in the first place? I kept thinking that why my mother and my brother couldn’t give me more love? My mother has a mild stroke and all I think was, why should couldn’t communicate with me more often? If I can think the other way round, then my expectation of her will change. In my proposal, I will state that I wanted to change my selfish thoughts and behaviour. I will include the reasons why I need to change and what is the cause of my selfish behaviours and thoughts.
I will write a journal on a fortnight basis about myself and list down all the selfish and selfless behaviours that I have done. Initially, I believe that I will have more selfish behaviours then the latter one, but I hope that it will be slowly reduced.
After 3 weeks of this exercise, I should have an evaluation of myself for the behaviour change exercise. I will need a group of 10 people to fill up a questionnaire about the…