A researcher who wants to get a broad perspective on an area of research by combining the results from a large number of existing studies would be MOST likely to use which statistical technique?
a. standard deviation
b. meta-analysis
c. correlation
d. means analysis
B
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a. one-quarter b. one-half c. three-quarters d. one-third
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a. ?Locke's associationism b. ?Locke's mentalism c. ?Berkeley's mentalism d. ?Berkeley's associationism e. ?Comte's positivism
An infant loses interest in a toy train set every time the train disappears into a long tunnel. This infant must be in Piaget's ____ stage of development.?
a. ?preoperational b. ?sensorioperational c. ?sensorimotor d. ?concrete operational
Ellen is shown a somewhat ambiguous picture of a person in a lab coat studying what looks like a medical chart. Ellen is then asked to tell a story about this person. She says that this person is a new resident in a hospital and is working very long hours, but is happy to have finally reached his goal of becoming a doctor. In this story, Ellen is exhibiting:
a. low achievement motivation c. high fear of failure b. high achievement motivation d. a self-handicapping strategy