A researcher decides to use a high school sample to test the relationship between her new measure of empathy and a well-established measure of interpersonal sensitivity. She finds that the two instruments are highly related, which supports the ______ of the new instrument

a. predictive validity
b. content validity
c. criterion validity
d. face validity


c

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Studying the history of early childhood education is important for professionals for all but which of the following reasons?

a. Historical information helps us understand how the field has developed and changed b. Studying history helps us evaluate which knowledge is invalid and should be discarded c. Studying history helps us understand how social factors such as views of children, understandings of race and ethnicity, and politics and economic factors have influenced education and continue to do so d. Understanding the history of the field helps us learn the best ways of helping children and families

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Parent conferences are most successful when you begin by getting right to the point of what you want to discuss

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following best describes the ideal early childhood special education classroom activities?

A. primarily teacher directed activities only B. primarily goal directed activities C. base upon daily activity plans D. primarily flexible play-based

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

A correlation of r = .38 in a sample of 30 participants is statistically significant for a two-tailed test at a .05 level of significance.

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