Question 1 Which tribe posed the greatest threat to the settlement of Texas? Mohawks Cherokee Sioux Comanche Question 2 What ended the Mexican American War? The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo The Gadsden Purchase The Wilmot Proviso The Free Soil Movement Question 3 The idea that the United States was certain to spread across North America led to rapid expansion of the country during the 1840s and was known as: Manifest Destiny. nullification. progressivism. muckraking. Question 4 The main issue in James K. Polk's 1844 presidential campaign was his commitment to: abolition. expansion. industrialization. sectionalism. Question 5 In the 1830s, the middle class tended to: show a kind, benevolent attitude toward the poor. blame crime, disease, and other urban problems on the poor. integrate immigrants into their neighborhoods. migrate toward housing opportunities in areas with large immigrant populations. Question 6 Established in 1821, the Santa Fe trail resulted in: the Mexican-American War. the Bear Flag Revolt. the Battle of the Alamo. the further reduction of Native lands. Question 7 Riots occurred against Irish immigrants in many American cities from the 1830s to 1850s primarily because they: were poor. supported abolition. were Catholic. were amassing great wealth. Question 8 Which of the following constituted the most likely cause of death on the overland trails? Disease Suicide Indian attack Cannibalism Question 9 The various routes by which slaves sought freedom were collectively called: the Oregon Trail. slave codes. the Underground Railroad. the Liberator. Question 10 During the 1840s, Democrats and Whigs disagreed primarily on what two issues? Women's suffrage and abolition Expansion and industrialization Immigration and trade regulations Religion and educational reform Question 11 Place the events provided in the correct chronological order. Answer Robert Owens founds New Harmony, Indiana. The Oneida Community is founded. William Lloyd Garrison begins publication of the Liberator. The Mormon church is founded. The Liberty Party is founded. Question 12 Define and discuss the phrase �Manifest Destiny.� Explain how this belief came to divide the nation. Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Question 13 Abolition was arguably the most important reform of the era. It would become an explosive issue that tore the nation apart. Discuss the objectives of the movement and describe the methods the leaders employed. What reactions did the methods and movement as a whole evoke within the different sections of the nation? Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as s ...

1. Question 1
Which tribe posed the greatest threat to the settlement of Texas?
Mohawks
Cherokee
Sioux
Comanche
Question 2
What ended the Mexican American War?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Gadsden Purchase
The Wilmot Proviso
The Free Soil Movement
Question 3
The idea that the United States was certain to spread across
North America led to rapid expansion of the country during the
1840s and was known as:

2. Manifest Destiny.
nullification.
progressivism.
muckraking.
Question 4
The main issue in James K. Polk's 1844 presidential campaign
was his commitment to:
abolition.
expansion.
industrialization.
sectionalism.
Question 5
In the 1830s, the middle class tended to:
show a kind, benevolent attitude toward the poor.
blame crime, disease, and other urban problems on the poor.
integrate immigrants into their neighborhoods.

3. migrate toward housing opportunities in areas with large
immigrant populations.
Question 6
Established in 1821, the Santa Fe trail resulted in:
the Mexican-American War.
the Bear Flag Revolt.
the Battle of the Alamo.
the further reduction of Native lands.
Question 7
Riots occurred against Irish immigrants in many American cities
from the 1830s to 1850s primarily because they:
were poor.
supported abolition.
were Catholic.
were amassing great wealth.
Question 8
Which of the following constituted the most likely cause of
death on the overland trails?

4. Disease
Suicide
Indian attack
Cannibalism
Question 9
The various routes by which slaves sought freedom were
collectively called:
the Oregon Trail.
slave codes.
the Underground Railroad.
the Liberator.
Question 10
During the 1840s, Democrats and Whigs disagreed primarily on
what two issues?
Women's suffrage and abolition
Expansion and industrialization

5. Immigration and trade regulations
Religion and educational reform
Question 11
Place the events provided in the correct chronological order.
Answer
Robert Owens founds New Harmony, Indiana.
The Oneida Community is founded.
William Lloyd Garrison begins publication of the Liberator.
The Mormon church is founded.
The Liberty Party is founded.
Question 12
Define and discuss the phrase �Manifest Destiny.� Explain
how this belief came to divide the nation.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are
required to use at least your textbook as source material for
your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must
be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have
accompanying citations.
Question 13
Abolition was arguably the most important reform of the era. It
would become an explosive issue that tore the nation apart.
Discuss the objectives of the movement and describe the
methods the leaders employed. What reactions did the methods
and movement as a whole evoke within the different sections of
the nation?

6. Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are
required to use at least your textbook as source material for
your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must
be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have
accompanying citations.
Question 14
Immigration was a hot topic during this time period, and it
remains a hot topic today. In what ways does immigration
continue to shape our nation? Elaborate on your conclusions
thoroughly.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are
required to use at least your textbook as source material for
your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must
be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have
accompanying citations.
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ABC/123 Version X
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Time to Practice – Week Two
PSYCH/625 Version 1

7. 1
University of Phoenix Material
Time to Practice – Week Two
Complete Parts A, B, and C below.
Part A
Some questions in Part A require that you access data from
Statistics for People Who (Think They) Hate Statistics. This
data is available on the student website under the Student Text
Resources link.
1. Why is a z score a standard score? Why can standard scores
be used to compare scores from different distributions?
2. For the following set of scores, fill in the cells. The mean is
70 and the standard deviation is 8.
Raw score
Z score
68.0
?
?
–1.6
82.0
?
?
1.8
69.0
?
?
–0.5
85.0
?
?
1.7
72.0
?
3. Questions 3a through 3d are based on a distribution of scores
with and the standard deviation = 6.38. Draw a small picture to
help you see what is required.

8. a. What is the probability of a score falling between a raw score
of 70 and 80?
b. What is the probability of a score falling above a raw score
of 80?
c. What is the probability of a score falling between a raw score
of 81 and 83?
d. What is the probability of a score falling below a raw score
of 63?
4. Jake needs to score in the top 10% in order to earn a physical
fitness certificate. The class mean is 78 and the standard
deviation is 5.5. What raw score does he need?
5. Who is the better student, relative to his or her classmates?
Use the following table for information.
Math
Class mean
81
Class standard deviation
2
Reading
Class mean

9. 87
Class standard deviation
10
Raw scores
Math score
Reading score
Average
Noah
85
88
86.5
Talya
87
81
84
Z-scores
Math score
Reading score
Average
Noah
Talya

10. From Salkind (2011). Copyright © 2012 SAGE. All Rights
Reserved. Adapted with permission.Part BSome questions in
Part B require that you access data from Using SPSS for
Windows and Macintosh. This data is available on the student
website under the Student Text Resources link.The data for
Exercises 6 and 7 are in the data file named Lesson 20 Exercise
File 1. Answer Exercises 6 and 7 based on the following
research problem:
Ann wants to describe the demographic characteristics of a
sample of 25 individuals who completed a large-scale survey.
She has demographic data on the participants’ gender (two
categories), educational level (four categories), marital status
(three categories), and community population size (eight
categories).
6. Using IBM® SPSS® software, conduct a frequency analysis
on the gender and marital status variables. From the output,
identify the following:
a. Percent of men
b. Mode for marital status
c. Frequency of divorced people in the sample
7. Using IBM® SPSS® software, create a frequency table to
summarize the data on the educational level variable.
The data for Exercise 8 is available in the data file named
Lesson 21 Exercise File 1.
8. David collects anxiety scores from 15 college students who
visit the university health center during finals week. Compute
descriptive statistics on the anxiety scores. From the output,
identify the following:

11. a. Skewness
b. Mean
c. Standard deviation
d. Kurtosis
From Green & Salkind (2011). Copyright © 2012 Pearson
Education. All Rights Reserved. Adapted with permission.Part
C
Complete the questions below. Be specific and provide
examples when relevant.
Cite any sources consistent with APA guidelines.
Question
Answer
What is the relationship between reliability and validity? How
can a test be reliable but not valid? Can a test be valid but not
reliable? Why or why not?
How does understanding probability help you understand
statistics?
How could you use standard scores and the standard distribution
to compare the reading scores of two students receiving special
reading resource help and one student in a standard classroom
who does not get special help?
In a standard normal distribution: What does a z score of 1
represent? What percent of cases fall between the mean and one
standard deviation above the mean? What percent fall between
the mean and –1 to +1 standard deviations from the mean? What
percent of scores will fall between –3 and +3 standard
deviations under the normal curve?

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