A researcher employs face-to-face interviews to measure drug use among high school students. The researcher guarantees to keep the identity of the respondents a secret. The researcher is promising the subjects
a. anonymity.
b. protection.
c. confidentiality.
d. security.
e. deception.
C
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A. diabetes mellitus B. hypertension C. high cholesterol D. breast cancer
The first large-scale, empirical sociological research in the United States was conducted by W.E.B. Du Bois, and its objective was to ______.
A. observe racism's role in American society. B. understand the cause of racism in the United States. C. contest the idea that all white Americans held racist opinions. D. refute racist beliefs about African Americans.
The 1896 Supreme Court ruling that approved "separate but equal" accommodations for blacks and whites as a reasonable use of state power was ________
A) Africa v. Hewitt B) Furman v. Georgia C) Plessy v. Ferguson D) Garner v. Tennessee
Based on recent research, a psychologist wants to predict perceived quality of life as measured on a 50-point scale using eight independent variables. The psychologist first enters age and dummy variables for sex and marital status. Next, a score on a
job satisfaction scale and the number of hours of leisure activity per week are entered. Finally, scores on inventories measuring generalized anxiety, work-related stress, and depression are entered. This statistical procedure is A) hierarchical multiple regression. B) logistic regression. C) ordinary multiple regression. D) stepwise regression.