Professor Swanson developed an index of marital happiness. Several items in Swanson's questionnaire were not part of the index (i.e., "How many serious quarrels or arguments have you had with your spouse in the last year?" "If you had your life to live over, do you think you would marry the same person?"). Swanson compared the index score of marital happiness with these questions. Swanson was
doing
a. index validation.
b. item analysis.
c. external validation.
d. index validation and item analysis.
e. index validation and external validation.
E
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A) She should move her household and start again in a new community. B) She should keep her distance from the children and not be too rigid in setting household rules. C) She should blame the other parent so that they take her side. D) She should emphasize that the children are not responsible for the divorce.
Which of the following terms refers to the situation where older people are often not hired and younger workers are hired to take their place?
A) Age discrimination B) Adultism C) Glass ceiling D) Xenophobia
Most media coverage of sports today represents the interests of
A. sport agents and lawyers. B. the companies that advertise on social media sites. C. the players with the highest celebrity rankings. D. those who control and profit from sports.
Studies of tracking show that children placed in nonacademic tracks tend to come from
A. minority groups. B. high-income households. C. affluent neighborhoods. D. two-parent families.