Let's assume you are conducting an experiment to determine the effect of a new drug on the incidence of epileptic seizures. You select 20 epileptics from the 150 epileptics being treated at a nearby hospital and administer the drug to them. You record the number of seizures in each of the 20 subjects for one month. The 20 subjects constitute _________
a. the dependent variable c. a statistic
b. the sample d. the independent variable
B
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b. mania c. major depressive disorder. d. cyclothymia.
For Popper, a nonscientific theory:
a. is insignificant b. is unimportant c. can still be useful d. is especially useful
Which of the following is NOT one of the skills training areas outlined by Dialectical Behavior Therapy?
a. mindfulness b. time management c. distress tolerance d. interpersonal effectiveness
Different versions of the APOE gene are correlated with the development of
A. hemophilia. B. color deficiency. C. breast cancer. D. Alzheimer's disease.