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Which of the following terms describes the systematic collection and analysis of data?

A) experimental
B) logical
C) empirical
D) tautological

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Which of the following describes a correlational research design?

A) Anita investigates the relationship between the amount of time children spend watching television at home and their helping behaviors at school.
B) Franklin conducts a survey that measures the average number of hours of television watched per day in Japan.
C) Jamal observes children for one month, taking notes on the number of altruistic behaviors performed.
D) Sarah assigns groups of children to watch different amounts of television each day.After one month Sarah compares the number of altruistic behaviors of each group.

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Which of the following represents a converging operations approach?

Which of the following is true about scientific facts?

A researcher who uses knowledge of a person's intelligence to predict an ability to do well as a lawyer is using which type of research design?

Which of the following statements about human behavior is best tested using a correlational research design?

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A researcher wants to test whether the attachment of a child to a primary caregiver will predict how trusting that child will be in future romantic relationships.She uses a self-report measure of the participant's relationships when they were young and a Likert scale measuring their trust behavior as adults.What kind of research design is this?

Which one of the following items should NOT be influenced by the values of the scientist?

In which of the following sections of the research report are the values of the scientists most likely to be expressed?

Facts are examples of statements that are free from bias or personal emotion.This means that facts are

Which of the following were observed results of the research of Brendl, Chattopadhyay, Pelham, and Carvallo (2005) on preference for letters of one's own name?

Because the ability to play golf differs from person to person, it can be considered

It is hypothesized that people with high self-esteem have a higher grade point average than do those with low self-esteem.What type of correlation is predicted between self-esteem and grade point average?

Freddie likes to be sure that he does not get stuck in the rain.In the morning he listens to the weather on the radio, checks the weather in the newspaper, and also looks out his apartment window.Freddie's actions could be considered a type of

The scientific method is designed to help produce

Which of the following correlation coefficients is the strongest?

Which of the following best differentiates basic research from applied research?

It is hypothesized that having lived for a longer time in an integrated neighborhood will be related to having a less racist attitude.Which type of correlation is predicted between length of time living in the neighborhood and racist attitudes?

The Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient is