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wenmo

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A researcher has pairs of college student participants play a card game in the laboratory. However, the game is rigged to ensure that one participant experiences a long losing streak so that the researcher can observe how the losing students behave when they are frustrated. For this study, what kind of behavioral observation is being used?
 
  a. naturalistic observation
 b. participant observation
 c. contrived observation
 d. unstructured observation

Question 2

Random heterogeneity of subjects can result in increased risk of ____.
 
  a. Type I error only
 b. Type II error only
 c. both Type I and Type II errors
  d. neither Type I nor Type II error


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ansleighelindsey

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b


wenmo

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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
Gracias!

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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