Practice effects are a major problem with
a. cross-sectional designs
b. longitudinal designs
c. time-lag designs
d. sequential designs
ANSWER: b
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a. enlarging, shrinking b. unchanged, shrinking c. enlarging, unchanged d. shrinking, increasing
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Academic challenges are not exclusively tied to gender or sexual orientation. The gap between rich and poor students eclipses the gap between female and male success. 2. This growing chasm is due in large part to the greater investments of time and other resources well-off parents can make in their children. 3. Title IX is part of the reason that women have greater opportunities to participate in athletics. Title IX requires women to be provided equitable opportunity to participate in sports, for colleges to provide female athletes with scholarships proportional to their participation, and receive equivalent practice times, equipment, supplies, coaching, and so forth. 4. Some colleges and universities employ deceptive practices to make it appear that they are meeting the criteria of Title IX when they are not. 5. Participating in sports while in school is linked to higher salaries and better health for women and girls.
When considering computer technology and the Information Revolution ________ would likely wonder if computer technology unites or isolates individuals
a. Gerhard Lenski b. Max Weber c. Karl Marx d. Emile Durkheim
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Attitudes about relationships have become less traditional and more egalitarian; therefore, dating scripts are no longer gendered. 2. Maria’s parents are planning her quinceañera, which is a coming-out party for young Hispanic women to indicate that they are now eligible to date. 3. Today’s 12th-grade students are more likely to date than they were in 1991. 4. Jack and Emma are about the same age, have the same racial and ethnic background, are both from middle-class families, and are both about to graduate from college. We would say that their relationship is homogamous. 5. Ernesto and Gloria, two high school seniors who are in love, live only a few blocks away from one another. This geographical closeness is also known as propinquity.