What was one reason the Educational Testing Service gave for the decline in SAT scores of graduating high school seniors during the 1960s and 1970s?
a. Increasing numbers of minority students taking the SAT
b. Weaker academic records and increased diversity of student backgrounds
c. Changing attitudes of parents leading to lack of confidence in education
d. Student perceptions that scoring well on standardized tests was not "cool."
b. Weaker academic records and increased diversity of student backgrounds
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When a group of people are chosen to represent a larger population and are asked about their attitudes, behaviors, or thinking on a given topic, this is considered what type of research?
A. ethnographic B. case study C. experimental D. survey
The recency effect works because subjects:
A. still have the last items available in short-term memory B. cannot transfer information into sensory memory C. do not have enough long-term memory for all of the items D. rehearsed the last items storing them in long-term memory
Why are privacy issues especially acute when doing sex research in cyberspace?
A) Most people conducting "research" in cyberspace are not genuine scientists. B) Anonymity can never be 100% guaranteed. C) Internet research is not required to follow ethical guidelines. D) Actually, privacy issues are not an issue when doing sex research in cyberspace.
The most appropriate first step in selecting or developing predictors is:
A) job analysis. B) validity analysis. C) performance appraisal. D) realistic job preview.