What is the essence of all inferential statistics?

a. Making inferences about the characteristics of samples
b. Making sure you choose a sample representing the population
c. Knowing the characteristics of the population
d. Using sample data to make statements about the scores and relationships in the population


d

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a. highly confident eyewitnesses are usually accurate. b. it is unnecessary to warn an eyewitness that a suspect may or may not be in a lineup. c. when viewing a lineup, an eyewitness's confidence in her choice of the suspect can be increased by an authority's confirmation of her choice, even when the choice is wrong. d. despite public misconception, eyewitnesses are usually very accurate when selecting a perpetrator from a lineup.

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In a within subjects design, _____

a. each subject is his or her own control b. subjects are randomly assigned to conditions c. subjects experience only one level of the treatments d. all of these

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Which step in Underhill's description of mysticism seems to correspond to the usual endpoint in Fowler's and Kohlberg's theory?

a. awakening b. purification c. illumination d. unity

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Which combination could produce a blue-eyed child?

a. The father is brown-eyed, and the mother is blue-eyed. b. The father is blue-eyed, and the mother is brown-eyed. c. Both father and mother are brown-eyed. d. Each of these could produce a blue-eyed child.

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