A field experiment is designed so that subjects are exposed to a drug education program, which is the independent variable. Their attitudes toward drugs are measured both before and after exposure to the program. Changes in their attitudes toward drugs that are due to the drug education program are called
a. maturation.
b. internal variability.
c. extraneous variability.
d. experimental variability.
d
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Labeling a person with anorexia's refusal to eat as “stubborn” rather than “sick” is an example of
a. reframing b. scapegoating c. regression d. shaping
A type of action research with two goals. The first is to bring together book knowledge, or theory about a problem, with the actual real-world situation, or implementation of the problem
The second goal is to raise the collective consciousness of the practitioner by developing a social critique in which theory and practice come together. This is called the ___________. A) Technical/Scientific/Collaborative Mode B) Practical/Mutual Collaborative/Deliberate Mode C) Emancipating/Enhancing/Critical Mode D) Utilization/Participation Mode
Which of the following is a research question for an explanatory study?
A. Do persons who engage in regular aerobic exercise use fewer days of work leave due to health issues? B. Are our clients who are being treated for depression have lower scores for depression after treatment than before? C. What are the characteristics of the students in our research class in regard to age, gender, and family structure? D. What are the stages of moral decline for at-risk youth who have been adjudicated for delinquency?