Identify the common weakness of research proposals that is illustrated in each of the following statements or questions. The study comparing the effectiveness of two methods of teaching reading did not look at the influence of students' gender or their verbal aptitude on achievement
a. The problem lacks practical or theoretical significance.
b. The hypothesis or question is too broadly stated.
c. The procedures are lacking in detail.
d. Relevant variables are not considered.
e. The design is not appropriate for answering the research question.
D
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William Glasser's Choice Theory is based upon the belief that:
a. students have a choice, so if they misbehave, they must face the consequences of punishment. b. the only person whose behavior we can control is our own. c. situational assistance does not always work, and therefore, more serious consequences are warranted. d. most students do not have the maturity to behave appropriately.
Whoposited that prior to adolescence, children are not readily able to take on others' perspectives?
a. Gilligan b. Kohlberg c. Selman
What does the motor homunculus tell you?
a. If a person has aphasia b. How much brain area is devoted to motor behavior c. Whether or not someone has had a stroke d. If the person has anomia e. All of the above
An independent t-test is used to test for:
A. Differences between means of groups containing different entities when the data are not normally distributed or have unequal variances. B. Differences between means of groups containing different entities when the sampling distribution is normal, the groups have equal variances and data are at least interval. C. Differences between means of groups containing the same entities when the data are normally distributed, have equal variances and data are at least interval. D. Differences between means of groups containing the same entities when the sampling distribution is not normally distributed and the data do not have unequal variances.