When there are significant correlations between variables that should not be correlated, you could argue that the measurements do not show
a. statistical conclusion validity.
b. construct validity.
c. divergent validity.
d. external validity.
c
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a. 2015 b. 2020 c. 2030 d. 2050
Postpartum depression may be triggered by pronounced swings that occur after birth in the production of which hormones ?
A. testosterone and progesterone B. estrogen and progesterone C. dopamine and progesterone D. catecholamines and progesterone
Your textbook includes a section on feminist identity during adolescence. According to this discussion,
a. surprisingly, adolescents have more positive attitudes toward feminists than toward non-feminist women. b. because adolescent women can think about abstract topics, they can consider issues such as feminist identity. c. in several samples, more than half of young women said they were feminists. d. young women are relatively likely to say that they are feminists, but relatively few say that they believe in equality.
Logical deductions about events that cannot be observed directly are referred to as
a. data b. inferences c. statistics d. distributions