Inferential statistics allow us to
a. infer something about the sample based on the population.
b. infer something about the population based on the sample.
c. infer that the sample is representative.
d. all of the options are correct
The Nuremberg Code was developed ____.
a. following war crimes trials after World War II in the 1940s
b. by the APA following Milgram's obedience study in the 1960s
c. by the U.S. Surgeon General following medical experiments in the 1970s
d. by the FDA to regulate prescription medications in the 1980s
Social research is ____, meaning that much of it is concerned with developing, exploring, or testing the ideas that social researchers have about how the world operates.
a. theoretical
b. empirical
c. probabilistic
d. causal
_____ statistics are used in the process of hypothesis testing.
a. Descriptive
b. Null
c. Alternative
d. Inferential
Describe one potential artifact (experimenter bias or reactivity) and how it threatens both the internal and external validity of a study.
What will be an ideal response?
In ____, individuals with expertise in the field critique a paper that has been submitted for publication.
a. meta-analyses
b. peer reviews
c. evidence-based guidelines
d. requests for proposals
Given that on one section of the SAT the mean is 500 and the standard deviation is 100, what is the approximate probability of selecting a student whose score is 400 or lower followed by selecting a student whose score is 500 or higher on the test?
a. 0.005
b. 0.022
c. 0.045
d. 0.08
Describe one type of range effect and explain how a range effect can influence the results of a research study.
What will be an ideal response?
Elsa periodically reviews documents on the National Institutes of Health website that describe issues the NIH wants to have addressed by researchers. Eliza is most likely looking at ____.
a. meta-analyses
b. peer reviews
c. evidence-based guidelines
d. requests for proposals
Given that on one section of the SAT the mean is 500 and the standard deviation is 100, what is the approximate probability of selecting a student whose score is 400 or lower followed by selecting a student whose score is 600 or higher on the test?
a. 0.0005
b. 0.002
c. 0.025
d. 0.045
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