Some psychologists have argued that simple significance tests are misleading, and that a better statistic to evaluate the outcome of an experiment would be the
A) effect size.
B) level of power.
C) probability of a Type II error.
D) number of participants divided by the standard deviation.
A
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What is the value of SS (sum of squared deviations) for the following sample? Sample: 1, 3, 2, 2
a. 0.50 c. 4 b. 2 d. 18
Psychoanalysis was the dominant form of therapy _____.
a. just before World War I b. after World War II c. in the late 1960s d. in the early 1990s
Andrea's teacher provides scaffolding for Andrea and her classmates to acquire some new mathematics concepts, but gradually withdraws his support and expects the students to assist one another as they become more knowledgeable. Andrea's teacher is engaging in the instructional method called
a. peer collaboration. c. formal operations. b. critical teaching. d. reciprocal teaching.
Separation anxiety in Ainsworth's research is similar to which stage in Bowlby's theory?
A) orientation without discrimination B) orientation with discrimination C) goal-corrected partnerships D) secure-base attachment