According to the APA if researchers discover significant errors in their published data they should
A) ignore these as it is too late at that point to do anything about it.
B) try to correct these errors by means of a published correction or retraction.
C) wait until their next piece of research is published and correct the errors at that time.
D) just let other researchers discover their errors because science is self-correcting.
B
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Which of the following students provides the best summary of the research regarding North American parents' preferences about the sex of their first-born child?
a. James: "Even though we are in the 21st century, parents in North America still say that they would prefer to have a boy, rather than a girl.". b. Daisuke: "Parents may say that they have no preferences, but the birth announcements in the newspapers express more pride if the child is a boy.". c. Isidro: "No research has been conducted on this topic since 1995, so we do not have recent information about sex preferences". d. Lucie: "Parents actually have no sex preferences, based on both their stated preferences and the amount of pride shown in announcements.".
In Chapter 12, the discussion of overweight women pointed out that
a. people today are hesitant to ridicule others on the basis of their weight. b. people who are overweight are often judged differently than people who are average weight. c. people currently discriminate equally against overweight males and overweight females. d. children don't show biases against overweight peers until they reach adolescence.
In cultures in which reading is considered a masculine activity,
a. girls surpass boys in reading ability. b. boys surpass girls in reading ability. c. girls still outperform boys on reading ability because reading ability is determined by biological factors. d. girls are given more instruction in math and science than boys.
If a correlation coefficient has a positive sign, it indicates that:
a. the two factors being measured move in opposite directions b. the two factors being measured move in the same direction c. there is no relationship between the two factors being measured d. there is a significant relationship between the two factors being measured