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Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences Fifth Edition by Susan A. Nolan and Thomas Heinzen. ISBN 0455, 3. All Chapters 1-15 in 696 Pages. TEST BANK. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 An Introduction to Statistics and Research Design Chapter 2 Frequency Distributions Chapter 3 Visual Displays of Data Chapt...

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Chap 01_5e

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. Preregistration is a technique that is now discouraged by proponents of open science.
a. True
b. False

2. Discrete observations can typically take on more values than continuous observations.
a. True
b. False

3. In a between-groups research design, a participant experiences one and only one of the levels of the
independent variable.
a. True
b. False

4. In a within-groups research design, a participant experiences more than one of the levels of the dependent
variable.
a. True
b. False

5. By definition a population is smaller than its respective sample.
a. True
b. False

6. A test that has low reliability cannot have good validity.
a. True
b. False

7. In a between-groups research design, a participant experiences one and only one of the levels of the
dependent variable.
a. True
b. False

8. Square footage, such as that used to describe home size, is a ratio variable.
a. True
b. False

9. Mattress size, including twin, full, queen, king, and California king, is an ordinal variable.
a. True
b. False




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Chap 01_5e

10. Square footage, such as that used to describe home size, is an interval variable.
a. True
b. False

11. In a within-groups research design, a participant experiences more than one of the levels of the independent
variable.
a. True
b. False

12. In a between-groups research design, a participant experiences more than one of the levels of the dependent
variable.
a. True
b. False

13. In a between-groups research design, a participant experiences more than one of the levels of the
independent variable.
a. True
b. False

14. Open science is an approach to research that encourages researchers to work together and share
methodology, data, and statistical analyses in order to allow for replication of their findings.
a. True
b. False

15. Continuous observations can typically take on more values than discrete observations.
a. True
b. False

16. A major electronics store calculates holiday spending for both its store-based sales (2.3 million) and online
sales (1.4 million). These are both descriptive statistics.
a. True
b. False

17. A test that has poor validity cannot have good reliability.
a. True
b. False

18. Mattress size, including twin, full, queen, king, and California king, is a nominal variable.
a. True
b. False




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Chap 01_5e

19. Confounding variables are connected to the dependent variable such that we cannot know which variable
causes the effect we observe.
a. True
b. False

20. By definition a sample is smaller than its respective population.
a. True
b. False

21. Confounding variables are connected to the independent variable such that we cannot know which variable
causes the effect we observe.
a. True
b. False

22. In a within-groups research design, a participant experiences only one of the levels of the dependent variable.
a. True
b. False

23. In a within-groups research design, a participant experiences only one of the levels of the independent
variable.
a. True
b. False

24. Inferential statistics summarize a group, while descriptive statistics help us make estimates about a larger
population.
a. True
b. False

25. If a test is valid, then we know that it is reliable.
a. True
b. False

26. Descriptive statistics summarize a group, while inferential statistics help us make estimates about a larger
population.
a. True
b. False




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