Of the following, the best example of an ordinal scale is
A) ?height.
B) ?surnames.
C) ?ranks in military service.
D) ?temperature.
C
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Children with language delay and communication disorder
A. Are able to engage in make-believe play B. Can have benefits from playing with children with normal language development C. Have much variation in language development D. All of the above
In a recent study that tested differences in metacognition between those with high ability and those with low ability, Teo concluded that there were not differences between these groups. In fact, however, the low ability students were actually significantly better at monitoring their learning. Teo's conclusion represents
a. a Type I error. b. a Type II error. c. both a Type I and a Type II error. d. a correct decision.
Many young adults enjoy comic books, graphic novels, magazines and picture books, perhaps because
a. of the increased sexual episodes and violence that are characteristic to this genre. b. teachers and library media specialists see this genre as safe from censorship concerns and, therefore, want to integrate them into the curriculum. c. these formats differ so dramatically from the genres that educators have traditionally encouraged adolescents to read — books that were, for the most part, all words and no pictures. d. publishers' catalogs view them as being the best books available to young adults.
What does the following output from a factor analysis tell us?
a. The sample size is sufficient, but there is multicollinearity in the data.
b. The sample size is inadequate, and there is multicollinearity in the data.
c. The sample size is adequate, and the correlations in the correlation matrix
are significantly greater than zero.
d. The sample size is adequate, but the correlations in the correlation matrix are
not large enough.