Paul wanted to insure that the results of his study could be generalized so he manipulated the independent variable and then identified and measured all the dependent variables that he thought might be affected by the independent variable
What type of validity was Paul focusing on?
a. internal validity
b. population validity
c. ecological validity
d. outcome validity
D
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A. increasing the risk pool B. paying doctors on a per-patient basis C. allowing insurance monopolies D. requiring patients to copay
According to Cook and Campbell (1979), if you have evidence that the naturally-occurring groups in a nonequivalent control-group design are NOT equivalent on potential confounding variables,
A) you should find new naturally-occurring groups that are equivalent. B) you may be able to draw conclusions if you carefully evaluate all potential threats to validity. C) you should continue with the experiment as planned, because the groups only need to be equivalent on the dependent measure. D) you may be able to draw conclusions if you reassign participants to different groups.
Which of the following categories of Texans, by income, pays the lowest amount of sales and excise taxes as a percentage of income?
A. middle 20 percent B. second-lowest 20 percent C. lowest 20 percent D. second-highest 20 percent
Overspecialization by physicians is cited as one of the causes of
A. high cost of medical care B. poor coordination of care C. better performance on measures of health statistics D. all of the above E. A & B only