In order to increase typing speed Minisoft has redesigned its keyboard and provided a chime that is related to typing speed. The company wants to know if its innovations affect typing speed
Identify the independent and dependent variables in this proposed study.
a) The dependent variable is the chime; the independent variables are the chime and typing speed.
b) The dependent variable is speed of typing; the independent variables are the keyboard design and the
chime.
c) The dependent variable is keyboard design; the independent variables are the speed of typing and the
chime.
d) The dependent variable is the number of errors made; the independent variables are the chime and the
speed of typing.
b
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(a) insufficient evidence for causation (b) irrelevant to the question of causation (c) proof of causation (d) the same as causation
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A) Some infants show no hand preference during infancy. B) It is not influenced by genetics. C) Identical twins have identical hand preference. D) It is exclusively associated with emotional development.
The study by Pecher, Zeelenberg, & Barsalou (2003) supports the use of perceptual symbols in semantic memory in that __________
a. people showed priming based on abstract concepts b. people showed priming based on perceptual modality c. there was evidence that priming was greater when the probes were shown perceptually d. there was evidence that priming was greater when the probes were shown abstractly