In a study where participants are assigned to one of two treatment groups (medication versus cognitive therapy), the type of treatment received is the

a) third variable.
b) classificatory variable.
c) dependent variable.
d) independent variable.


d

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a. SES of the parents. b. attachment classifications of siblings. c. IQ scores of the parents. d. quality of care the child receives.

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If the whiskers on a boxplot are much longer on the right than on the left, we would suspect that the distribution is

a. positively skewed. b. negatively skewed. c. symmetric. d. distorted.

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______ are more likely than ______ to demonstrate postformal reasoning.

A. Adolescents; adults B. Adults; adolescents C. Westerners; Easterners D. Easterners; Westerners

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Structures located relatively toward the tail of a four-legged animal are referred to as a. rostral

b. caudal. c. dorsal. d. ventral.

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