What are the two fundamental reasons why a sample mean may differ from a particular population mean?

What will be an ideal response?


The sample may not represent the population or there could be sampling error.

Psychology

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Describe the mythic drama triangle. What does it involve? Provide an example

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

Missy is baking cookies for the first time and realizes that she doesn't have the brown sugar called for in the recipe. Which of the following best represents how she would likely handle this problem if in Piaget's formal operational stage of cognitive development?

A. She grabs other ingredients that look like brown sugar and tries them out in her recipe to see how they taste. B. She thinks through other ingredients available in her house and selects the best alternative sweetener. C. She gives up on the recipe and does not consider other ingredients that could serve as substitutes. D. She omits the ingredient and proceeds as planned, without considering what effect this will have on the cookies.

Psychology

There are no gender differences in weight and length of infant children

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

The cells that create olfactory receptor neurons are known as ______.

A. basal cells B. olfactory generation cells C. the nasal murus D. the turbinate nursery region

Psychology