Ajit is a graduate student in psychology who is conducting research on the effectiveness of two types of therapy in the treatment of phobias. Ajit is at the stage where he uses statistics to analyze the data he has collected in order to determine if his initial hypothesis is supported by the research. At which stage of the scientific method is Ajit working?
a. Drawing conclusions
b. Developing a research question c. Gathering evidence
d. Replicating results
e. Forming a hypothesis
a
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a. They help in socializing children b. They are of a different generation and have different perspectives than parents c. They have different skills and competencies than parents d. They encourage children to overcome parental restrictions with little resistance as possible.
_____ is a means of setting a more stringent alpha level in order to minimize Type I errors
a. ANOVA b. The Bonferroni adjustment c. An F-ratio d. The sum of squares
The Columbia Mental Maturity Scale is a reliable instrument, but is not useful in assessing individuals
a. with sensory handicaps. b. with physical handicaps. c. under the age of 3 years. d. with language handicaps.
Fifty-five-year old Bernice recently learned that he has terminal melanoma with brain metastasis. Although she is not very religions, she finds herself praying out loud, "Please God, give me at least one more year, I want to see my daughter graduate from college." According to Kübler-Ross, Bernice is displaying signs of which stage of dying?
A. denial B. anger C. bargaining D. depression