In calculating power we separate the effect size and the sample size. We do this so that
a. we can look up the sample size needed for a specific effect size and power.
b. we can calculate the effect size we need for a given power.
c. we can avoid ever having to deal with the sample size.
d. we can confuse everyone.
A
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a. increasing similarity between "fillers" and a suspect leads to an increased level of erroneous identification of innocent people b. increasing similarity between "fillers" and a suspect leads to an increased level of missed identification of some guilty suspects. c. increasing the number of fillers from 5 to 7 actually decreases the rate of false positive identifications. d. decreasing the number of fillers from 6 to 3 actually increases the rate of false positive identifications.
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a. discrepant behaviour b. selective exposure to information c. social support d. the consistency principle e. downgrading the importance of consonant information