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washai

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In an experiment to determine whether violent TV causes a change in children's aggressiveness, a possible operational definition of the dependent variable might be
 
  A) the percentage of time each child plays with toys such as guns and tanks versus dolls and trucks.
  B) the violence rating given to each TV show by a panel of judges.
  C) the number of violent events in each TV show such as murders and assaults.
  D) the background of the children in each group.

Question 2

The major reason for conducting a pilot experiment is to
 
  A) choose a statistical test for your data.
  B) clarify some aspect of the data found in the main experiment.
  C) try out the variables, methods, and procedures you are considering using in the full scale experiment to find any problems.
  D) identify a set of possible participants for the main experiment.



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kaykay69

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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C




washai

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Wow, this really help


sultansheikh

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

 

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