What is internal validity?
A) Your confidence that your results will generalize to the real world.
B) Your confidence that you selected the appropriate research design for a study.
C) Your confidence that the manipulation of the independent variable caused a change in
the dependent variable.
D) A trend that can only be confirmed using structural equation modeling.
C
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a. Down syndrome b. Prader-Willi syndrome c. Angelman syndrome d. Williams syndrome
Carissa, a five-year-old, was given two new toys to play with. She was told that one was a new toy for girls and the other was a new toy for boys. Carissa is most likely to
a. play with both toys equally. b. play more with the toy that was meant for a boy. c. play more with the toy that was meant for a girl. d. play with the toy meant for a boy only when no one is watching.
Survey objectives refer to the
a. need for the survey and what the survey will measure. b. need for the survey and the purpose of the survey. c. purpose of the survey and operationally-defined objectives. d. purpose of the survey and what the survey will measure.
Roberto believes that people do not have consistent behavioral tendencies across situations. He is on the __________ side of the debate
a. situation b. nature c. nurture d. person