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What is informed consent
Prior to participating in research, the subject is given information about the nature of the research, procedures, and any consequences that might occur.
What is the largest part of the forebrain
cerebrum
This is the cerebrum, where higher-order thought processes occur. The cerebrum is responsible for mental processes such as memory recall, language, art, emotional control and many fine motor skills like the ability to write (or text).
When signals come into the soma from the many dendrites they are added together When the sum of these signals reaches a critical point a signal is fired down the axon When it reaches the end of th
One type of quantitative research is the experimental study What is a key to experimental research
being able to duplicate the research
What term is defined as anything that can distort data and lead to inaccurate conclusions
The scientific investigation of the relationship between two or more variables describes which of these
You decide to select ten percent of the inmates in a prison to receive a survey You decide you want your sample to be representative of the population Which sampling process would provide the most r
a stratified random sample
In some cases researchers are interested in very large groups such as all the inmates of the US prison system In this case what would all of the inmates represent
In terms of reliability what can be said about the depression test scores
the test scored appear to be reliable
What is the mode of the depression test scores on Wednesday
The mean median and mode are examples of what type of statistics
When Jane saw the mountain lion which nervous system came into play
the sympathetic nervous system
What best describes the survey method of research
The survey method of research is sometimes called a census
survey. It relies on people responses to questions either with or
without explanation.
What type of research is used to gather information of describe a phenomenon
What does the researcher hope to do with null hypothesis the opposite of the research hypothesis
Be able to reject the null hypothesis and accept the research hypothesis
When someone disagrees with an idea what is he or she doing
He or she is being ornery and unreasonable, and obstinately
refusing to
acknowledge the clarity and obvious correctness of my view on
the matter.
What gland is represented by letter B
