When the standard deviation of a raw score distribution is large, the corresponding z-score distribution will be
a. relatively spread out. c. positively skewed.
b. relatively narrow. d. negatively skewed.
A
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Researchers can improve the prospects for research utilization (RU) and evidence-based practice (EBP) by doing all of the following except:
A) Conducting high-quality, methodologically sound studies B) Disseminating results to a broad audience C) Offering clinical nurses resource support for an RU/EBP project D) Discussing the clinical implications of their study results in their research reports
Six-year-old Mark watches his older brother working his algebra homework. The main reason that Mark will be unable to model his brother's mathematical calculations will be because
a. Mark does not admire his older brother enough. b. Mark will not be reinforced by anyone if he works the math problems correctly. c. Mark is probably unable to reproduce the modeled behavior correctly. d. Mark did not pay enough attention to his brother's modeled behaviors.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of anorexia nervosa?
a. Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of all the mental illnesses. b. Often, anorexia starts with "normal" dieting that slowly begins to dominate the person's life. c. The body weight of persons with anorexia is below 85 percent of normal for their height and age. d. Through this excessive dieting, people with anorexia lose their appetites and stop feeling physically hungry.
Freud argued that
a. in the unconscious, every one of us is convinced of his or her own mortality b. at bottom nobody believes in his or her own death c. our own death is quite imaginable d. awareness of individual mortality is the most basic source of anxiety e. self-reports about death anxiety are both valid and reliable