Phyllis found a strong relationship between a student's level of academic achievement and whether they came from a single-parent or two-parent home. In a trivariate table, she controlled for the student's race
She then found that the relationship held only for Asian students. In the elaboration paradigm, this is an example of
A) a replication pattern.
B) a specification pattern.
C) an explanation pattern.
D) an interpretation pattern.
E) ex post facto hypothesizing.
B
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A. individual justices B. court decisions in 4th Amendment cases C. the dissenting opinions D. the concurring opinions
In interpersonal therapy, the easiest type of conflict to resolve is ______________.
a. grief work b. couples therapy c. childhood trauma d. renegotiating a dispute e. using urges
According to Research in Practice 15.1, the "power" of a statistical test refers to
a. the alpha level of the test. b. its ability to correctly reject a null hypothesis. c. rejecting a null hypothesis that is actually true. d. failing to reject a null hypothesis that is actually false.
The main use of multiple target designs is to:
a) Establish causal relationships b) Generate hypotheses c) Both a and b d) Neither a nor b