A researcher studies letters to the editor of a magazine to assess community attitudes. The research method used in this scenario can be regarded as

What will be an ideal response?


written words

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Good advice to help a person to minimize motion sickness would be to move one's head as little as possible and fixate on a distant immobile object

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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A transactional analysis involves the determination of which __________ are operative in a given transaction between people

a. defense mechanisms b. ego states c. cognitive distortions d. social desirability factors

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A local investigative reporter decides to check the accuracy of polygraphs, so he asks a company to participate. The company calls several polygraph examiners to evaluate all employees who they say may have had access to equipment that is missing

Several of the polygraph examiners report that Ed is the likely culprit, despite the fact that no equipment is missing. What type of error have these polygraph examiners made? a) false positive b) false negative c) true positive d) true negative

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In its classic form, the scientific method has how many steps?

a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6

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