Question 1)   Would a researcher use a true experimental design to examine the effects of spousal abuse on self-esteem?  Why or why not?       Answers:   No, because it would be unethical   No, because external validity would be low   Yes, because experimental realism would be high   Yes, because a true experiment would allow the researcher to make a causal statement       Question 2         You read this statement in an abstract: "A strong, consistent relationship was found High self-esteem participants were less likely to conform than low-self esttem participants?  From this information, you know that the r in the study was closest to       Answers: -

Would a researcher use a true experimental design to examine the effects of spousal abuse on self-esteem?  Why or why not?

You read this statement in an abstract: "A strong, consistent relationship was found High self-esteem participants were less likely to conform than low-self esttem participants?  From this information, you know that the r in the study was closest to

When Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores are correlated with college grades, the SAT scores are the ____ and the college grades are the ___

When we square the correlation coefficient r to produce r^{2 the result is equal to}

The Pearson correlation coefficent is not very effective at detecting

There are two types of criterion validity. _____validity is the extent to which a procedure is correlated with future behavior, and _____validity is the extent to which a procedure is correlated with present behavior.

_____are preferred when the researcher must react to the participants'responses, but _____are more reliable and less susceptible to demand characteristics.

Virginia is measuring attitudes toward recycling. She wants to force her participants to take a stand on the issue, yet she also wants to have a sensitive measure.  How many points should she use on her rating scale?

Tamara is trying to disguise the true purpose of her questionnaire, by including some irrelevant questions, which she does not intend to score. Such questions are

Dr. Yo finds a correlation of -.62 between age of job applicants and their likelihood of being hired.  However, he thinks that computer skills may be an important factor in this relationship that needs to be held constant.  What should he use to find out?