Projects

Experimental Research Project: The Effects of Political News Source on Reading Comprehension

Oct 2018 - Present

Head researcher for the project “The Effects of Political News Source on Reading Comprehension” (N = 73) analyzing how different demographics’ reading comprehension was impacted by what headline appeared above a news article when the article’s text is identical for each participant.

As the world’s first research study meant to see how the headline of a news article affects reading comprehension, political perceptions, and engagement, the results brought forth groundbreaking data on the effects of political ideology, race and gender on how an article’s perceived source affected time spent reading and comprehension on the information within.

The study hypothesized that participants would have different times spent reading and scores based on which article they read, race/gender demographics, and political party/ideology due to partisan selective exposure. Female (α = .004) and Black students (α = .025) showed significantly more varied scores when reading an article headlined Fox News than one headlined as CNN regardless of political ideology, and Non-Caucasians spent significantly more varied times reading the Fox News article (α = .049)

Selected to present at the BCLA Undergraduate Symposium.

Meta-Analysis: Criteria and Treatment for Internet Addiction Disorder

Jan 2015

Recognized as exemplary writer/psychology researcher by Dr. Matthew Search for in-depth 39 page meta-analysis/proposal of DSM-V diagnostic criteria/treatment for Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). Pursuing publication after revision for integration of the newly created ICD criteria. Recognized as exemplary writer/psychology researcher by Dr. Matthew Search for in-depth 39 page meta-analysis/proposal of DSM-V diagnostic criteria/treatment for Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD). Pursuing publication after revision for integration of the newly created ICD criteria.

Experiment/Research Study: The Effects of Cell Phone Cameras on Ethical and Cooperative Behavior

Oct 2014 - Apr 2015

Lead Independent Researcher for psychology study "The Effects of Cell Phone Cameras On Ethical/Cooperative Behavior" (n=60) on how perception of being filmed by a cell phone camera increases ethical behavior (p = .02) conducted through the Oregon Institute of Technology and Point Loma University. The world's first research study into the effects of cell phone cameras on behavior, winning numerous awards.

I was bored and made a GitHub of these projects and other generic AI portfolio things so I can just demonstrate I can get a job, but I don’t give a fuck about contributing. No Gem Hunt or main AI code is on my Github; don’t compromise yourself to Big Tech with your IP: https://github.com/TheModernDayRenaissance/Sam_Portfolio