If an investigator determines that Carlo's score is five times as large as the score of Juan, the measuring scale used must have been a(an)_______ scale
a. nominal c. interval
b. ordinal d. ratio
D
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Arianna believes that she needs to renew her driver's license soon. To confirm her premise, she opens her wallet and checks the expiration date on her license. This is an example of __________.
A. algorithmic reasoning B. inductive reasoning C. heuristic reasoning D. deductive reasoning
Persistent behavior that has a coincidental and not a functional relationship to the reinforcement received is called superstitious behavior
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Approximately how many people are hospitalized for schizophrenia in a given year?
a. Very few; most all are treated in community settings b. Between 5,000 to 10,0000 c. Between 25,000 and 50,0000 d. Between 75,000 and 100,0000 e. More than 100,000
Means-ends analysis is a good problem-solving heuristic to use when:
a. there are numerous options at the start of a problem, but there will be few options at the end b. both the starting point and the ending point for the problem are poorly defined c. the problem can be broken down into a series of subproblems or subgoals d. all the other heuristics have failed to produce workable solutions