There are several types of measures for dependent variables. Cognitive measures .
a. measure a person's choices.
b. measure a person's attitudes.
c. measure a person's behaviors.
d. measure a person's knowledge or mental ability.
Alex is conducting a study on professors' attitudes toward text messaging in class.
Specifically, he is measuring whether professors believe that text messaging is disruptive to class and whether text messaging is becoming a problem in higher education. Alex is collecting measures for his dependent variable.
a. behavioral
b. cognitive
c. attitudinal
d. physiological
Reliability is __________.
a. the consistency of a measure to produce similar results on different occasions.
b. the accuracy of a measure to evaluate what it is supposed to measure.
c. saying with confidence that the observed change in the dependent variable is due the independent variable.
d. the extent to which obtained results can be generalized to other settings.
Which of the following is a type of probability sampling procedure?
a. quota
b. stratified
c. convenience
d. snowballing
Which of the following is not a typical treatment condition?
a. the group exposed to a caffeinated beverage
b. the group exposed to nothing
c. the group completing an alertness task
d. the group exposed to a non-caffeinated beverage
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