Relocation of elderly mental patients.
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A paper which looks at a research study into the effects of relocation on elderly mental patients, which offers several positive effects of carefully managed relocation and suggests that the negative conclusions reached be earlier studies can be challenged. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: JLeldreloc.rtf

Research Developments on the Subject of Smoking Cessation
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This five-page-paper presents a discussion and overview of two research studies regarding the cessation of smoking. The study participants , the methods used and the conclusions are all discussed. In addition the research methods are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists two sources.
Filename: CWjournal. wps

Review of “Cognitive approaches to emotion and emotional disorders” by Mathews and MacLeod
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This 5 page report discusses an article in the 1994 Annual Review of Psychology titled “Cognitive approaches to emotion and emotional disorders” in terms of its validity as a research report, the various methods employed, and the readers overall impression of the report. Bibliography lists one source.
Filename: BWjournl.wps

Review of "Things I Have Learned (So Far)"
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A 6 page review of this 1990 article by Jacob Cohen. The author devotes this article to the discussion of the application of statistics to psychology and other sociobiomedical sciences, noting what he believes is sound in the process and most specially noting what he believes is not. The article should be required reading for everyone who finds themselves conducting the types of research that rely so heavily on statistical analysis in order to form their conclusions. Particularly suspect is the reliance on the statistical significance of the null hypothesis. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSCohenArt.wps

REVIEW OF QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH ARTICLES
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of a number of qualitative and quantitative research articles, and provides a comparative view. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MHArtRe7.rtf

Review of Two Sociology Studies
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An 8 page review of and commentary on two research articles. One provides an account of the experiences of several volunteers entering mental hospitals in the early 1970s; the other studies couples' television viewing behavior, specifically as it involves use of the remote control. Both of these studies are revealing, Rosenhan's (1973) for its disturbing honesty; Walker's (1996) for its confirmation of conventional wisdom. Each study also could be used as preliminary information for more comprehensive studies of the same topics. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSsocArtRevRemC.rtf

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