Let's assume you are conducting an experiment to determine the effect of a new drug on the incidence of epileptic seizures. You select 20 epileptics from the 150 epileptics being treated at a nearby hospital and administer the drug to them. You record the number of seizures in each of the 20 subjects for one month. The 150 epileptics constitute _________
a. the dependent variable c. a statistic
b. a parameter d. the independent variable
B
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A) Chromosomes B) Genes C) mRNA D) Bipolar cells
Which of the following is NOT a Gricean maxim covering the ways in which we expect conversation partners to speak and provide information?
a. quantity b. quality c. meaning d. relation
In the 18th and 19th centuries, proponents of mental health reform argued that people with disorders __________.
A. should receive hydrotherapy, regardless of their ability to pay B. should have access to talk therapy C. deserved to be treated with dignity and respect D. deserved to live in a serene world, free from environmental stressors
You have a quiz in your psychology class every Friday. Your studying for quizzes is reinforced on what type of schedule?
A. fixed ratio B. fixed interval C. variable ratio D. variable interval