The difference between an interval and a ratio variable is that an interval variable ____________.
a. refers to a category
b. does not have an absolute zero
c. describes the rank of a score relative to other scores
d. groups participants by their characteristics
b. does not have an absolute zero
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Three of the following are accurate statements about epistemic beliefs. Which statement is not accurate?
A) Students who view learning as an active, constructive process are more likely to undergo conceptual change when it's warranted. B) Students who believe that learning is a slow, gradual process are more likely to persist in their efforts to understand classroom material. C) Young children are apt to believe that conflicting points of view on a topic may be equally valid; as they get older, they become increasingly convinced that one perspective is almost invariably more valid than others. D) As students move through the high school years, some of them increasingly begin to realize that mastering academic subject matter involves understanding concepts and their interrelationships rather than memorizing discrete facts.
Chmielewski and Dansereau taught knowledge mapping strategies to some students (trained group) or no training (control group), and later gave all students a new passages to read without drawing any knowledge maps. Results showed:
a. the trained group performed better than the control group on the new passages even though they were not allowed to draw any knowledge maps b. the trained group performed better than the control group on the new passages only if they were allowed to draw any knowledge maps c. the groups did not differ d. performance depended on whether the learners were male or female
Which of the following beliefs is the BEST example of a null hypothesis (H0)?
a. “Republicans are more likely to shoot their hunting partners than are Democrats.” b. “American Olympic skiers are not better than the rest of the world.” c. “Hybrid cars get better gas mileage than traditional cars.” d. “Apple Ipods are easier to use than other companies’ MP3 players.”
Staying on course to your desired outcomes and experiences, creating wisdom, happiness, and unconditional self-worth along the way
Match each lettered word or phrase to its On Course definition. a. success b. forks in the road c. wise choices d. cycle of success e. no match