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Lamar calculated Pearson's coefficient for his sample data with r=-0.8. He can therefore state there is evidence of a _____ with this sample data set

Strong negative relationship

100

In a 2x2x2 factorial ANOVA, how many factors does a researcher study?

3

100

When participants are selected because they have or have not experienced something unique in the real world researchers call this type of independent variable a _____ treatment

Natural

100

When researchers select two groups of participants because they differ on a specific characteristic, and then measure their responses to a dependent variable, the researchers are using a

quasi-experimental design
100
Liv wants to understand the experience of being women and working on political campaigns in modern America. She joins a political team and works for 3 months on the campaign, writing her notes in the evening. This design is best described as

Participant observation

200

Marci calculated a correlation coefficient of +.02, so she may conclude her data indicates a strong positive relationship

False

200

In a 3x3 factorial ANOVA, how many levels does each factor have

3

200

Compared to true experiments, quasi-experimental designs have validity.

Higher external
200

Kurt studies men and women's responses to persuasive advertisements. This is best described as a

nonequivalent-control-group design

300

Independent and dependent are really just fancy names for cause and effect

True

300

To visually represent correlational study data to allow a quick note to the nature of the relationship ____ are used

scatter plots

300

Random assignment

distributes the influence of potential confounds across groups

300
Some researcher questions emerge only after a naturally occurring event. For these, researchers can only provide

Naturalistic observation analysis

400

Central tendency describes the central position for a set of data with computed values for

Mean, median, mode

400

Unlike quantitative methods, qualitative methods measure variables using

naturalistic observations

500

The mean is only suited to measuring the central tendency of variables measured at the _____ and the _____ levels.

Ratio; interval

500

Qualitative researchers develop studies that rely one

Inductive reasoning