Structured observations differ from naturalistic observations in that they
A. use correlations to assess the strength and direction of a relationship.
B. create a situation that is likely to elicit the behavior of choice.
C. sample behaviors of interest in everyday situations.
D. manipulate independent variables to see the effects on dependent variables.
Answer: B
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a. one-fifth b. one-quarter c. one-half d. one-eighth
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a. the variables are not related. b. every year of education increases income by 1000. c. every change in education increases income. d. the Y intercept would be 1.00.
In _______________, multiple people are brought together in a private, comfortable environment to engage in a guided discussion of some topic. The subjects are selected based on the relevance to the topic under study
a. experiments b. focus group c. ethnomethodology d. grounded theory e. observation
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What will be an ideal response?