Chris wants to calculate a zscore for his own height. The average height in the class is 66 inches, and Chris's height is 62 inches. Chris calculated his zscore to be +1.5 . What's wrong with his calculation?
a. The z-score is an inappropriate calculation here.
b. The z-score should be a higher number.
c. He didn't have the standard deviation.
d. The z-score should be a negative number.
d
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a. people were able to articulate accurately that they made their choice based on product color or softness b. people made choices based on the product softness or color, but thought they made the choice based on when they saw the product c. people made choices based on whether they saw the product last, but thought they made the choice based on product color or softness d. people were able to articulate accurately that they made their choice based on when they saw the product
Alcoholism specialists who believe alcoholism is a disease argue that chronic alcohol use ____
a. changes cerebral functioning in fundamental and long-lasting ways b. can be cured by the use of medications like Antabuse. c. can be controlled through controlled, moderate alcohol use d. can largely be accounted for by a single mutated gene
Compared to personality questionnaires, such as the MMPI-2, the Rorschach and TAT tend to have
a. lower validity. b. lower reliability. c. lower objectivity of scoring. d. all of these.
The "Common Rule" refers to
A. federal restrictions on stem cell research. B. laws limiting the use of university research facilities by private corporations. C. a set of ethical standards for research shared by 17 federal agencies. D. Hippocrates' statement that physicians should "do no harm."