A researcher is interested in studying the relationship between whether a mother smokes
during pregnancy and the birth weight of the child in total ounces. Mothers were categorized as
either smoking or non-smoking.
Which statistical procedure would one apply to determine
whether there was a significant difference in the birth weights of children born to smoking
mothers versus non-smoking mothers?
What will be an ideal response?
t ratio
You might also like to view...
Which form of social research often involves having participants answer close-ended questions, much as in a multiple choice test?
A. experimentation B. case study C. ethnography D. survey
What are Blumer's five stages of an acting crowd?
What will be an ideal response?
Social movements are common among members of preindustrial societies
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
In one study, adolescents who smoked cigarettes were about twice as likely as nonsmokers to later use marijuana. For this reason, cigarettes have been referred to as:
A. a gateway substance. B. toxic. C. a correlate. D. addicting.