Suppose a recent issue of the campus newspaper reported a survey about students' attitudes toward proposed changes in the required curriculum. Which of the following would you need to focus on most to decide whether the survey results reported in the paper can be generalized to the entire population of students?
A. representativeness of the sample
B. distinctiveness of the sample
C. number of students in the sample
D. variability among students in the sample
A. representativeness of the sample
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a. Lamaze method c. tranquilizers b. local anesthetics d. general anesthetics
Mexican Americans primarily live in the:
A) Northeast. B) Midwest. C) Northwest. D) Southwest.
Globally, parents in most places and times have been more worried that their children would become too ____ than that they would have ____ self-esteem, and have ____ self-inflation as part of family socialization
a. independent; high; encouraged b. selfish; low; discouraged c. independent; low; discouraged d. selfish; high; encouraged
What is the "paradox" in language production?
What will be an ideal response?