Distinguish between external and internal validity. What can we do to increase internal validity?
What will be an ideal response?
A study is externally valid if the findings can be generalized to other populations and settings. The internal validity of an experiment is directly related to the researcher's control of extraneous variables. To increase internal validity, we need to control extraneous variables.
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I feel betrayed and confused." is indicative of the __________ status of the Downing and Roush (1985) Feminist Identity Model? a. Passive Acceptance b. Revelation c. Embeddedness-Emanation d. Synthesis
Men's sex roles are so well defined that they have considerably fewer problems than women
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. modify their language b. speak to an empty chair c. stay with difficult feelings d. write down their dreams
An individual being tested for a gifted program scores a 132 on the Cognitive Ability Test (CogAT), which has a
mean of 100 and a standard deviation of 16. There is a .40 correlation between the CogAT score and success as measured by GPA in the gifted program, which has a weighted mean of 4.3 with a SD of .2. Use the Standard Error of the Estimate (SEest) to predict where this students GPA will fall 68 percent of the time. a. 4.7 ± .18 b. 4.3 ± .2 c. 4.5 ± .4 d. 4.7 ± .15 e. None of these