Questions that are concerned with simply describing variables and not concerned with relationships between variables are called ______.
A. exploratory questions
B. relational questions
C. descriptive questions
D. intangible questions
ANS: C
Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify three categories of research design: experimental, quasi-experimental, and nonexperimental.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Designing a Study to Answer a Question
Difficulty Level: Moderate
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a. adaptive skills. b. intelligence quotient. c. physical maturity. d. moral development.
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a. bark when meat was presented. b. bark when meat was taken away. c. salivate to a simple stimulus such as a light. d. wake up when a bright visual stimulus (such as a light) was presented.
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