Youhavebeenhiredtoconsultwiththe new chiefof a policedepartmentthat has beenfraughtwithcomplaintsofofficermisconduct. You draft recommendations to improve the hiring process. You advise the chief that one particular category of recruits was more likely to be terminated during probation. Which group is this?
A. Hispanic recruits
B. Recruits with only a high school diploma
C. Recruits with military experience
D. Recruits under the age of 22
Answer: D
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Classification refers to which of the following?
a. Method by which children are assigned to a particular disorder. b. System of describing particular disorders. c. Method by which researchers can classify children. d. System of quantifying particular disorders.
The deliberate production of physical or psychological symptoms for some external motivation describes
a. malingering. b. psychosomatic illness. c. Munchhausen syndrome. d. factitious disorder by proxy.
An experiment that does not effectively control for confounding variables lacks:
a. operational validity b. external validity c. central validity d. internal validity
If you are interested in how well students perform on a standardized math achievement test after they have completed a six-week math unit in either a computer-assisted class, a videotaped course, or a regular classroom, and you also want to include a factor for sex (boys vs. girls), what is the dependent variable?
a. The type of math instruction c. The six-week unit b. The subjects' sex d. The scores on the math achievement test