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  QUESTION 14     Mrs Minty buys hotdog rolls. Each pack of rolls has 12 rolls in it. She buys 3 packs and now has 36 rolls in total. (1)

_______ occurs when researchers invent data that support their hypothesis, whereas ______ occurs when researchers influence a study’s results in some way (e.g., by influencing participants to act a certain way).

Prisoners are considered a vulnerable population according to the Belmont Report. Why do you think they are a vulnerable population in the context of the Respect for Persons principle?

A researcher is interested in measuring his participants’ level of conscientiousness. The researcher indicates that his ___________ definition of conscientiousness is the participant’s score on the 9-item conscientiousness self-report scale, whereas his ___________ definition of conscientiousness is the propensity of an individual to be organized, thorough, and planful.

Mrs. Dopson is using a new form of behavioral therapy to treat ADHD symptoms. She provided this therapy to all of her students, and all of them have experienced a decrease in ADHD symptoms. Her experience is limited because she doesn’t have:

Dr. Smith calculates a Pearson’s r correlation = .10. According to Cohen’s benchmarks, this correlation is _______ in size.

Alyssa believes that she is a nice person. To confirm this, she asks all her friends whether she is a nice person; they all agree that she is. Alyssa concludes that she is a nice person and says she has evidence of it. However, she does not ask any of her enemies whether they think she is a nice person. This is an example of which of the following?

What is the difference between a ratio scale of measurement and an interval scale of measurement?

When we state that hypotheses should be written in a way that make a statement about the existence of an effect, we are referring to which feature of a good hypothesis?

Internal consistency reliability can be calculated for scales that contain only one item. True or False?