A researcher studying handwashing uses guidelines set by the American Society of Microbiology to determine if handwashing has taken place: use warm or hot running water and soap while washing for 10 to 15 seconds all surfaces, including wrists, palms, backs of hands, and under fingernails. This guideline is considered
a. an operational definition.
b. the Hawthorne effect.
c. a correlation.
d. a test.
a
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
After the Supreme Court of Washington State nullified 11 treaties, Indians called for a:
A) sit-in. B) building take-over. C) picket line. D) fish-in.
According to Samuel Huntington, which of the following is true of civilizations?
A. They are more similar than different. B. They span more than one state. C. Rarely do people agree on boundaries of civilizations. D. They do not change over time.
Using government policies to increase the supply of goods and services through incentives to work, save, and produce is a feature of
a. monetarism. b. laissez-faire economics. c. Keynesianism. d. supply-side economics.