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Please use the attachments to complete the required paper.
Although you will lack enough survey responses to use many statistical tests (such as t-tests, ANOVA, regression, etc.), you may use them for educational purposes in this assignment.
Prompt
Provide a description of data collected in the survey. What level of data did your survey collect (e.g., nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio)? A survey might have nominal data in the demographic items and interval/ratio with a Likert scale. The level of data allows you to decide the appropriate statistical test to use. Showing the levels of data allows your instructor to supply valuable feedback about statistical tests.
Name the survey items used to collect descriptive data and explain the descriptive statistics tests you will conduct on your data. Descriptive statistics often describe participants’ demographics items. Items in the demographic information often are nominal or categorical data. Measures of central tendencies are the correct statistical tests to use and report.
Describe the statistical tests you plan to use and why you chose them.
Discuss statistical tests that would be inappropriate to use and what makes them inappropriate.
Define the variables you plan to use with each statistical test you conduct. For example, you might use an independent t-test to compare dog owner and non-dog owner scores on an anxiety scale. You would use an independent t-test for two groups (dog owner/non-dog owner), each measured once.

Instructions
**SEE THE APA, EXAMPLE PAPER PREPARATION ASSIGNMENT, AND GRADING RUBRIC BELOW BEFORE YOU BEGIN**
Pick from the following classification of psychotropic medications and then choose a SPECIFIC drug within that classification. Antidepressants (SSRIs, SNRIs, Atypical Antidepressants TCAs, MAOIs)
Anxiolytics
Antipsychotics
Psychostimulants
Mood stabilizers
Off-label medications that treat symptomologies of mental health conditions
The week two assignment is due Sunday of week two. Your week two assignment should be a minimum of three pages and no more than five in length (this does not include the cover and reference pages). Your assignment must include the following APA requirements:
Cover page
Times New Roman
Size 12 font only Subheadings
In-text citations
Page numbers
Double spaced
Reference page
Instructions:
I’d like you to please develop an introduction with a thesis statement that will drive your assignment topic. You can find examples in the APUS library or the announcements area of the classroom.
Topic: Select one of the psychotropic classifications of interest from the list above and choose a Specific drug.
Provide the bolded content below as headings to organize and ensure all required content is clearly included for a reader Provide the history and brief background of the chosen psychotropic, what it is used for, how it works (i.e., mechanism of action), receptor sites the drug targets, and the drug’s primary effect. Discuss the subclassification (e.g., if you choose fluoxetine, an antidepressant, its subclassification is an SSRI; therefore, you will discuss the background of SSRIs) of the psychotropic
and provide a critical analysis of why it is used over other drugs (or if it is not commonly used, explain why). Also, provide if the FDA approves the drug and, if so, the date and the Agency’s approved use. If the FDA did not approve it, explain why and if it is used for non-FDA drug use (i.e., off-label). Also, ensure to include side effects, adverse effects, and contraindications or drug-to-drug interactions of the psychotropic. Further, discuss how the drug impacts children, adolescents, and older adults and how to minimize complications of the drugs based on the population. Finally, provide a conclusion on the importance of the drug and how it is essential to the clinical psychological and psychopharmacology fields. You must include at least four peer-reviewed sources to support and substantiate your work. If you use additional resources, they must be academically grounded and scholarly. All sources must be within five years or newer.
Annotated Bibliography: For this portion, students must identify four peer-reviewed journals or other journals with reliable information published in the last 5 years (do not use sources from the secular press, i.e., Psychology Today, Simply Psychology, Very Well Mind, Time, Newsweek, Parent’s Today, etc.). Select only single study research as well If you do not see the words purpose, participants, data collection/analysis, findings etc – you have not selected single study research. Do not use meta-analysis, systematic review, review of the literature, discussion, commentary type articles, PhD dissertations, or books. Include one sentence each for the following content – the purpose, participants, data collection, evaluation, findings and implications in your short summary.
Ask your instructor if it is an acceptable source when in doubt. In these journals, the research and information are either reviewed by an editorial team (such as for the Harvard Business Review) or a group of peers (such as in many journals you find through the APU online library). Research cannot be older than 5 years. Nonetheless, the annotated bibliography should include the purpose of the study, method (participants, data collection etc), significant findings, and significance to the field.
Therefore, your assignment should have the three subheadings:
Topic
Thesis Statement and introduction
Annotated BibliographyAgain, please see the attached template for assistance with how to formulate your paper. NOTE: Sources such as WebMD, Wikipedia, Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic, Cherry, Psychology Today, Simply Psychology, Parent’s Day, news articles, op-eds, blogs, and encyclopedias are not scholarly sources and should not be used. When in doubt, ask your professor if it is an acceptable source. In these journals, the research and information are either reviewed by an editorial team (such as for the Harvard Business Review) or a group of peers (such as in many journals you find through the APU online library).
This assignment aims to assist you in developing research analysis skills, including critical thinking, writing, and literature research skills.
This paper must be written through a biological lens. Meaning a discussion of the genetic/biological origin and treatments is required. Do not include non-biologically-based treatment methods such as counseling, therapy, support groups, etc.
Use this website to assist you with the correct APA format and to see annotated bibliography examples and samples attached. Also, there is an APA template uploaded for this assignment. Name and Save your WORD documents as
LastnameFirstnamePSYC325Week2Paper
Attachments
APA 7th edition.doc(35.5 KB)
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