Which of the following would be the best demonstration of the validity of a scale for the
measurement of suicide potential?
a. Ask mental health experts to assess whether it measures suicide potential
accurately.
b. Correlate the scale results with the actual occurrence of suicides.
c. Ask people who have attempted suicide whether it measures suicide potential
accurately.
d. Administer the scale to those who have attempted suicide to see if they score
appropriately on it.
B
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been verbally abused at school, and over 15 percent have been physically abused. Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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What will be an ideal response?
All of the following are included in the Bill of Rights except:
(a) the right to decent employment; (b) the right of free speech and assembly; (c) the right to practice one’s religion without state interference; (d) the right of a free press.
One of characteristic of post?modern social movements is that
a. they frequently composed of open, but tightly structured, networks. b. they are concerned with self?determination rather than dominance. c. satisfied with reality as it is. d. they are not seeking to contest the very foundations of society