You Want to Conduct Research That Documents the Effects of Watching

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Essay

You want to conduct research that documents the effects of watching violent cartoons on violence during children's playtime. Set up the following types of experimental and quasi-experimental designs: true experiment, non-equivalent group, before-and-after, ex-post facto, and Solomon four group. Which design do you think would produce the most valid results? Explain why.

Understand the levels and processes of communication.

Comprehend the various barriers to communication including personal space, body language, and translation issues.

Identify causes of illegal and unethical behavior in communication.

Analyze the impact of changing technology on communication practices.

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Definitions:

Unbiased Estimate

A statistical estimate that is equally likely to be above or below the true population parameter, showing no systematic error.

Variance

A measure of variability that describes the average of the squared differences from the mean for a set of data.

Coefficient Of Determination

A measure, often denoted as R^2, that indicates the proportion of the variance in the dependent variable predictable from the independent variable(s).

Coefficient Of Correlation

A measure that determines the degree to which two variables' movements are associated.