Suppose you conducted a study about the relationship of self-esteem and grades in school. The scores for self-esteem were recorded from a common scale of self-esteem where higher scores represent higher self-esteem. Grades were recorded as the numerical average of all grades for students on their last report card. Your hypothesis was as follows: There is a positive relationship between grades in school and self-esteem. You found a correlation of .31 between these two variables and a p value of .34 (i.e., r = .31; p = .34). Did these data support your hypothesis?
A. Yes, because the correlation was positive rather than negative.
B. Yes, because the correlation was positive and statistical significance was found.
C. No, because the data fail to be statistically significant.
D. No, because the data had a positive correlation rather than a negative one.
Ans: C
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A. Antisocial Personality Disorder. B. Conduct Disorder (Mild). C. Aggressive Personality Disorder. D. Schizoid Personality Disorder.
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a. how human service professionals can help clients at any point along their growth journey. b. how children are like small plants needing to be nourished and fed in order to grow to their full potential. c. the various stages of grief and how the counselor can motivate the client to progress through each stage without complicating emotional problems that can often act as barriers to personal growth. d. how oftentimes counselors can grow right alongside their clients.
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a. Depict frequency distributions, using bars to show the number or percentage of cases for each category of a variable. b. Are best used with ratio level variables. c. Contain bars that touch each other. d. Have varying distances horizontally between each bar.