Select the data for which a correlation coefficient would be the most appropriate statistic.
A. investigating whether there is a relationship between attractiveness and number of dates
B. investigating the effects of a new medication on blood pressure
C. investigating the three most successful types of study techniques
D. investigating changes in weight after implementing a new exercise program
Answer: A
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Judy DeLoache found that three-year-olds were better than two-year-olds at using a scale model of a room to help locate a hidden toy in the real room. After conducting a memory test in which the children had to go back to the scale model to find the toy there, DeLoache concluded that
a. memory problems for the two-year-olds provided a sufficient explanation of her findings. b. the three-year-olds had better mental representational ability than the two-year-olds. c. the three-year-olds were better planners than the two-year-olds. d. the three-year-olds had longer attention spans than the two-year-olds.
Which one of the following is TRUE about authentic assessment?
a. It is most valuable for measuring application of learning. b. It is a norm-referenced test. c. It is more reliable than criterion-referenced and norm-referenced tests. d. It often includes more than one measure of performance.
Beyond the traditional concerns one has over questionnaire methods (e.g., poor memory; bias;
response sets), one concern over using surveys to assess adolescent-parent interactions is that these instruments do not assess __________. Fill in the blanks with correct word