What use do secondary sources provide?
a) finding a scholarly summary of research
b) finding further sources of research
c) sometimes cited in your literature review
d) all of the above
Forcing someone to participate in a study is an example of what ethical issue/concern?
a) protection from harm
b) maintenance of privacy
c) informed consent
d) coercion
How is the independent variable different from the dependent variable?
a) the independent variable is manipulated during the experiment to understand the effects of this manipulation on the dependent variable
b) the dependent variable is manipulated during the experiment to understand the effects of this manipulation on the independent variable
c) dependent and independent variables are only used when researchers are not interested in looking at the effects of one thing on another, but only in how variables may be related
d) the independent variable is a variable not included in the experiment, but is related to one of the variables in the experiment
Which type of source is NOT typically included in a literature review?
a) general sources
b) tertiary sources
c) secondary sources
d) primary sources
What is the interruption in an interrupted time series design?
a. introduction of the independent variable
b. instrumentation failure
c. a period of at least two weeks
d. a brief period when measurements are taken.
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