UFPR Week 5 Assignment

To prepare for this assignment:

• Review Chapter 8 in your course text, Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences. Pay attention to the importance of statistical significance and effect size.
• Consider the relationship between statistical significance and effect size.
• Using the Walden Library, select and review two or three forensic psychology research articles where “effect size” was reported.
• Consider what role effect size played in the statistical significance of the studies you selected.

The assignment (1–3 pages):

• Explain the relationship between statistical significance and effect size.
• Explain the importance of effect size in the statistical significance of the studies you reviewed.

Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list only for those resources not included in the Learning Resources for this course.