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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an in-depth investigation of an individual subject.Case StudyControl GroupResponse SetStandard Deviation
- 2. Multiple ChoiceSubjects in a study who do not receive the special treatment given to the experimental group.Experimental groupControl GroupHypothesisMeditation
- 3. Multiple ChoiceStatistics that are used to interpret data and draw conclusions.Independent variableReplicationInferential statisticsStatistical significance
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe collection of subjects selected for observation in an empirical study.SampleJournalDescriptive statisticsReplication
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe persons or animals whose behavior is systematically observed in a study.Confounding of variablesTheoryNaturalistic observationParticipants
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe use of mathematics to organize, summarize, and interpret numerical data.Sampling biasStatisticsNaturalistic observationVariability
- 7. Multiple ChoiceA system of interrelated ideas that is used to explain a set of observations.HypothesisPlacebo effectsTheoryEmpiricism
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe score that falls exactly in the center of a distribution of scores.MedianMeditationModeMean
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe need to associate with others and maintain social bonds.Confounding of variablesOperational definitionAffiliation motiveSocial desirability bias
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAn American psychologist who supported the experimentation on animals in order to help humans.Robert RosenthalStanley SchachterNeal Miller
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe extent to which the scores in a data set tend to vary from each other and from the mean.SurveyVariabilityData collection techniquesCorrelation
- 12. Multiple ChoiceStatistics that are used to interpret data and draw conclusions.Inferential statisticsExtraneous variablesSocial desirability biasNaturalistic observation
- 13. Multiple ChoiceA tentative statement about the relationship between two or more variables.HypothesisResearch methodsTheoryInferential statistics
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe subjects in a study who receive some special treatment in regard to the independent variable.Extraneous variablesCorrelation coefficientExperimental GroupControl group
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