Participants in human experiments are generally selected
a. at random from the population.
b. based on convenience and availability.
c. through lotteries and newspaper ads.
d. from phone books or class rosters.
B
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When you _______________________________ a variable, you reduce the number of categories or values of the variable to a smaller number of categories by combining categories or values of the variable
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Figure 8.1 presents a timeline of the nonviolent civil rights movement, beginning with Brown in 1954 and ending with the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1968
Do you think the nonviolent approach accelerated the achievement of civil rights? Or would a more aggressive approach have gotten legislation passed more quickly (or more legislation passed)? Cite at least three specific examples using the events on the timeline. What will be an ideal response?
If there are no systematic differences between the groups, an ANOVA should result in an F-ratio of approximately
A) -1.00. B) 2.00. C) +1.00. D) 0.00
Griswold v. Connecticut held _________
A) that women have a constitutional right to an abortion under certain circumstances B) any jury that imposes capital punishment must have the chance to consider mitigating circumstances that might generate sympathy for the defendant C) that several provisions of the Bill of Rights in conjunction with the Fourteenth Amendment create a "zone of privacy" D) that the defendant's lawyers must be given a chance to argue against imposition of the death penalty without having to prove the defendant not guilty E) a jury cannot impose the death penalty at the same time it finds the defendant guilty