Which of the following would you be unlikely to find in the results section in a journal article?
a. graphs
b. summary tables
c. inferential statistics
d. raw data
A between-subjects experiment with 25 scores in treatment I and 25 scores in treatment II must have a total of 25 participants in the experiment.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Von has a new measure of stress from daily hassles. He finds that it yields consistent scores, but seems not to be measuring stress at all. His test is _______________ but not _______________.
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In general, use the past tense
a. in the review of studies in the introduction and in the method.
b. only in the method.
c. only in the introduction.
d. only in the results.
One characteristic of a between-subjects design is that the data consist of exactly one score for each participant.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
When a television competition show has a red team and a blue team, they are using a(n) _______________ scale.
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Which of the following should NOT be included in the method section?
a. how the participants were selected
b. the instructions provided
c. the statistical design
d. the results of the statistical analysis
Imagine that the following sentence is from a Results section. Identify what is wrong with it.
What will be an ideal response?
A between-subjects experiment comparing three treatments requires three separate groups of participants.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
When a(n) _______________ scale is used, it makes sense to say one score is twice as much as another or that twice as much of the characteristic being measured is present.
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