In which of the following situations would you use a t test for dependent means?
A) To compare the honesty scale scores of politicians to the honesty scores of students.
B) To compare the level of reading comprehension of students at the beginning of a speed-reading class to their level of reading comprehension at the end of the class.
C) To find the relationship between liking coffee and a tendency to be a “night person” in a group of students.
D) To compare the scores on a tolerance-of-diversity measure of two sororities.
Answer: B
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a. Jane Addams b. Harriet Martineau c. W.E.B. Du Bois d. Herbert Spencer
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a. the true person. b. the individual's personality. c. the person as object. d. the individual's soul.
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a. it is quite likely that the difference between means is a result of sampling error. b. the research hypothesis is proven false. c. it is unlikely that the difference between means is a result of sampling error. d. the population means are equal.
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A. subculture B. reference group C. counterculture D. material culture