Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)
Ciccarelli: Psychology_5 (5th Edition)
5th Edition
ISBN: 9780134477961
Author: Saundra K. Ciccarelli, J. Noland White
Publisher: PEARSON
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Jonah is conducting a study at his store. He randomly assigns his customers to one of two groups.
The customers are either told to ignore the store announcements or to pay close attention to the
announcements. He then compares his customer groups on the number of items purchased in the
store. Which of the following best represents his dependent variable?
O Announcement Instructions
O Gender of the Customers
O Number of Customers
O Store Announcements
O Number of Items Purchased
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Transcribed Image Text:Jonah is conducting a study at his store. He randomly assigns his customers to one of two groups. The customers are either told to ignore the store announcements or to pay close attention to the announcements. He then compares his customer groups on the number of items purchased in the store. Which of the following best represents his dependent variable? O Announcement Instructions O Gender of the Customers O Number of Customers O Store Announcements O Number of Items Purchased
Antonio conducts an experiment to compare two new study techniques. He randomly assigns 100
student volunteers to use either Technique A or Technique B to study for an exam. He then
compares students' scores on the exam to determine which technique is most effective. Which of
the following statements best describes a limitation of this study?
O Antonio's sample is not appropriate for his research question.
O Antonio's study does not account for the fact that correlation does not imply causation.
O Antonio cannot determine if either Technique A or Technique B is better than students' normal ways of
studying because he did not include a control group.
O Antonio did not account for the possibility that students who used one technique were already smarter than
students who used the other technique.
O Antonio failed to come up with an operational definition to measure the effectiveness of each study
technique.
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Transcribed Image Text:Antonio conducts an experiment to compare two new study techniques. He randomly assigns 100 student volunteers to use either Technique A or Technique B to study for an exam. He then compares students' scores on the exam to determine which technique is most effective. Which of the following statements best describes a limitation of this study? O Antonio's sample is not appropriate for his research question. O Antonio's study does not account for the fact that correlation does not imply causation. O Antonio cannot determine if either Technique A or Technique B is better than students' normal ways of studying because he did not include a control group. O Antonio did not account for the possibility that students who used one technique were already smarter than students who used the other technique. O Antonio failed to come up with an operational definition to measure the effectiveness of each study technique.
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