If scores are normally distributed in the populations sampled, then _____
a. parametric tests are less likely to detect the effect of the independent variable
b. nonparametric tests are more likely to result in Type I errors
c. parametric and nonparametric tests are equally likely to detect the effect of an
independent variable
d. nonparametric tests are more likely to result in Type II errors
D
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a. Role confusion and identity are resolved by age 5. b. Each stage involves a crisis of the healthy personality. c. Psychosocial development is finished by young adulthood. d. Healthy people experience little conflict during adult development.
Which term describes the period in which an individual's sexual organs mature?
A. maturation B. puberty C. latency D. growth spurt
Dr. Whorf believes that language structures the way we perceive the world. Therefore, people who speak various languages conceptualize the world in different ways. What is this called?
a. infinite creativity in language c. variations in rules of grammar b. the linguistic relativity hypothesis d. the displacement hypothesis
If you were to graph the six possible scores that can be obtained by rolling a single six-sided die, what type of distribution would you have?
A) normal distribution B) rectangular distribution C) bimodal distribution D) none of these