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BESC 3020 CH. 11 QUESTIONS WITH ALL CORRECT ANSWERS NEW UPDATE Which of the following is NOT a requirement for constructing a Latin square? - Answer-All possible order sequences are included and fully balanced. The between-persons variability is removed from the error term in the denominator of a test statistic when using a within-subjects design for all the following reasons except? - Answer-Because different participants are observed in each group. A threat to internal validity in whi...

Research Methods BESC 3020 Chapter 3 Test Questions and Answers All Correct Which of the following is an example of a researcher who is not applying research ethics? - Answer-A researcher requires a participant to continue in the study even though that participant requested to stop participating. In what study was an experimental setting staged to make participants think that they were causing harm to another participant by administering electric shocks? - Answer-Milgram's obedience experi...

What do we want to know as social scientists? - Answer-We are looking for reality Overgeneralize - Answer-You are at a graduation and ask the first four graduates you encounter whether they valued the UVU experience. All said yes But perhaps they were buddies who were all straight A students You couldn't say this was the reality for ALL graduates - you would be ____________ inaccurate observations - Answer-This is sometimes because we are not consciously observing Selective Observa...

BESC 3020 EXAM 1 (Chapter 1-5) 1. Identify the major sources of knowledge. - Answer- a. Personal experience b. Traditional or existing knowledge c. Authority or expert 2. What kind of truth are we looking for in science and social research? - Answer- a. Relative 3. What are the major causes of errors and biases? - Answer- a. Inaccurate observations b. Over generalizations c. Selective observation d. Illogical Reasoning 5. Define and find examples of independent and dependent var...