Your colleague is trying to determine the effectiveness of a new anti-drug advertisement. She
asks one group of 60 people to complete a questionnaire on attitudes toward drug, then shows
the advertisement to all 60 people.
Afterward, she asks the participants to complete the survey
again. If she then finds a difference score between the pre- and post-advertisement
questionnaire scores and ranks the results, what test can she use to analyze the results?
A) chi-square test for two levels of a single nominal variable
B) Wilcoxon T Test
C) Mann-Whitney U Test
D) rank sums test
E) Kruskal-Wallis H Test
B
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AIDS is now treated with new combinations of drugs called "highly active antiretroviral therapy" (HAART), which
a. suppress the virus in people who are HIV positive. b. cure AIDS by eliminating the virus from the body. c. suppress immune system functioning d. are well tolerated and cause minimal side effects.
Joanna says that she is a chronic alcoholic. When she stopped drinking suddenly, she experienced terrifying hallucinations, heavy sweating, general disorientation, and restlessness. She was, most likely, experiencing the symptoms of
a. the "DTs. " c. alcohol abuse. b. agitated depression. d. acute alcoholism.
When does a clinical psychologist generally conduct a clinical interview?
A. After a personality inventory has been conducted B. During the first meeting between the client and clinician C. When the client appears comfortable enough to be interviewed D. After a rating scale taken by the client and people who know that person has been completed
In most prospective studies,
A) analogue research is used because of the ethical problems with other experimental research. B) a representative sample of a general population of adults is used. C) children who share a risk factor for a disorder are studied before signs of the disorder show up. D) large samples of individuals are interviewed to see if there are any risk factors that differentiate those with the disorder of interest.