The writer must do the following: Write a brief research report (up to about 6 pages, not including title page, abstract, and references), based on an analysis of the data file provided using the assigned hypothesis. You should cite at least three references to justify your hypothesis, test your hypothesis with an analysis of the DATA540.SAV file, and then report and discuss the results. Your results should include both descriptive and inferential statistics. The hypothesis is “that men and women will differ in risk taking behavior.” The following are articles that can be cited in the work along with others you must find and provide (none more than 5 years old). Hergovich, A., Arendasy, M. E., Sommer, M., & Bognar, B. (2007). The vienna risk-taking test–traffic: A new measure of road traffic risk-taking. Journal of Individual Differences, 28(4), 198-204. doi:http://dx.doi.org.marshall.idm.oclc.org/10.1027/1614-0001.28.4.198 Mamerow, L., Frey, R., & Mata, R. (2016). Risk taking across the life span: A comparison of self-report and behavioral measures of risk taking. Psychology and Aging, 31(7), 711-723. doi:http://dx.doi.org.marshall.idm.oclc.org/10.1037/pag0000124 Martins, S. S., Tavares, H., da Silva Lobo, Daniela Sabbatini, Galetti, A. M., & Gentil, V. (2004). Pathological gambling, gender, and risk-taking behaviors. Addictive Behaviors, 29(6), 1231-1235. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2004.03.023 Sparks, A. M., Fessler, D. M. T., Chan, K. Q., Ashokkumar, A., & Holbrook, C. (2018). Disgust as a mechanism for decision making under risk: Illuminating sex differences and individual risk-taking correlates of disgust propensity. Emotion, 18(7), 942-958. doi:http://dx.doi.org.marshall.idm.oclc.org/10.1037/emo0000389 O`Hara, R. E., & Cooper, M. L. (2015). Bidirectional associations between alcohol use and sexual risk-taking behavior from adolescence into young adulthood. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44(4), 857-871. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-015-0510-8
