The speedometer on your car is an example of what kind of scale measurement?
a. Nominal
b. Ordinal
c. Interval
d. Ratio
d
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You are designing a research study to test the effectiveness of a new type of treatment program for alcohol use disorder, and you want to be able to assess changes in your subjects' craving for alcohol. Which of the following would be a good
index of their craving? a. the amount of alcohol they drink b. the discomfort they experience when they don't drink c. their need to increase the amount that they drink d. the amount of time they spend planning to drink
What is one reason why naturalistic observation alone cannot solve the problem of demand characteristics?
A) Some things of interest to psychologists do not occur naturally. B) It is impossible not to be detected. C) People become angry if they discover that someone has been watching them. D) Recording devices are too expensive for scientists to purchase.
Bain’s inspiration for observing and measuring movement as a way to understand the workings of the mind came from the observations he made of ____
a. newborn puppies c. newborn lambs b. newborn babies d. newborn chicks
In the equation Y = bX + a, X and Y are _________
a. constants c. population parameters b. statistics d. variables