A school psychologist wants to determine how reading skills progress during the school year in the same children. What type of research design is the best choice to address her topic?
a) cohort design
b) correlational design
c) longitudinal design
d) cross-sectional design
c
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A. maximizing B. satisficing C. magical thinking D. counterfactual thinking
From 1990 to 2015, the rate of maternal mortality was affected by __________.
A. the more widespread use of vaccines in developing countries B. the increase in manufacturing accidents in developed countries C. the increased use of the internet in developed countries D. the increase in prenatal care in developing countries
A good friend tells you she wants to run a tightly controlled study in the lab to prevent
extraneous variables from affecting the results, even if it means her results will not have much relevance to behavior in the real world (i.e. , outside the lab). What factor seems most important to her? A) external validity B) internal validity C) interaction effects D) reliability
Binet and Simon developed the first objective intelligence test in order to a. rank-order the intellectual capacities of different races. b. identify children who would need special help in school
c. help the military select soldiers for important tasks. d. test their theory of intelligence.