Assignment Overview By successfully completing this assignment, you demonstrate your proficiency in ...
Assignment Overview By successfully completing this assignment, you demonstrate your proficiency in the following competency and specialized behaviors: Competency 4: Engage in practice-informed research and research-informed practice. C4.SP.A: Apply leadership skills, ethical use of technology and research findings to inform and improve practice, policy, and programs in the specialization of advanced generalist practice settings. Related Assignment Criteria: 1: Devise accurate datasets. 3: Describe and report the statistical method or test outcomes using the appropriate statistical method or test. C4.SP.B: Analyze and respond to ethical, culturally informed, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive strategies in the specialization of advanced generalist social work practice that address inherent biases for use in quantitative and qualitative research methods. Related Assignment Criteria: 2: Develop appropriate statistical tests and reports that assist in program evaluation. 4: Apply critical thinking in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology. Assignment Scenario The Kesher Foundation is interested in alternative therapies for veterans. The foundation is providing grants to nonprofits that provide alternative therapeutic interventions to military veterans. Your agency has been providing traditional cognitive therapy but continues to see high levels of stress and anxiety as measured by an internal agency anxiety measurement. The anxiety measurement tool identifies the level of anxiety an individual is experiencing on a scale of 0–10, with 0 being no anxiety and 10 being the highest level of anxiety. The program director has suggested using meditation with the participants to see if it has any impact on the level of anxiety. A trial is conducted with 30 volunteer military veterans. Your agency needs to provide the results of the trial use of these alternative methods to the Kesher Foundation. Using the Week 9 Dataset [JASP] you will conduct an analysis of regression to determine the extent in which the amount of mediation impacts levels of anxiety with military veterans. Assignment Instructions Conduct a bivariate regression with the outcome variable (Y) as self-reported anxiety and the predictor variable (X) as length of meditation. Provide JASP output for the model summary (R-square), the F-test (testing if R-square is significantly different from 0), Coefficients (intercept and unstandardized coefficient), and descriptives (mean and standard deviation for the predictor and outcome). Using the "H1" output, identify the intercept (that is, when X = 0 . . . in other words, mean anxiety level for 0 minutes of meditation) and the unstandardized beta (that is, change in Y as the predictor increases 1 unit . . . increases by 1 minute of meditation). Provide a summary paragraph of the results of the regression analysis and implications for funding the meditation program. Additional Requirements Your assignment should meet the following requirements: Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting standards. . Length of paper: One double-spaced page. Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point. Competencies Measured By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and rubric criteria: Competency 1: Apply leadership skills, ethical use of technology and research findings to inform and improve practice, policy, and programs in the specialization of advanced generalist practice settings. (C4.SP.A) Devise accurate datasets. (C4.SP.A) Describe and report the statistical method or test outcomes using the appropriate statistical method or test. (C4.SP.A) Competency 2: Analyze and respond to ethical, culturally informed, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive strategies in the specialization of advanced generalist social work practice that address inherent biases for use in quantitative and qualitative research methods. (C4.SP.B) Develop appropriate statistical tests and reports that assist in program evaluation. (C4.SP.B) Competency 3: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and consistent with expectations for members of the social work profession. Apply critical thinking in verbal and written communication through the use of leadership and technology. (C4.SP.B)
