A statistical hypothesis that contains the ______ symbol may be defined as ______.
a. <; two-tailed
b. >; non-directional
c. ?; two-tailed
d. ?; directional
c. ?; two-tailed
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According to Barton, students are usually most comfortable with:
a. text implicit questions for inferences. b. transfer question. c. literal questions. d. life knowledge questions.
A researcher is carrying out a quasi-experimental study. She has experimental groups in one school, and a control group in another. During the intervention phase of her study, the control school has a small fire that forces students to leave the school for one hour. She finds huge differences between the experimental and control groups after the study is completed. While there could be an effect of her intervention, a possible rival hypothesis might be:
a. There was a maturation effect b. There was an instrumentation effect c. There was a differential history or selection-history effect d. There was a selection-maturation effect
Research? shows that people seldom learn much from failure
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Some students purposely put off making the best possible effort in order to use that as an explanation for poor performance. What is the name of this protective strategy?
A. Setting unreachable goals B. Anxiety C. Nonperformance D. Procrastination