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audie

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Jacques surveys fellow students to rate their preferences for various courses on campus. He finds that the sciences are least popular whereas the humanities are most popular.
 
  However, he neglects the fact that he performed his survey right after midterm grades were announced. His friend Ghislaine follows up by doing the same survey at the beginning of the following semester and gets very different results. This may be an issue of
 
 a. ecological validity.
   b. temporal validity.
  c. internal validity.
  d. global validity.

Question 2

Why is the statement What type of parenting is best for children? not a good research question?
 
  a. parenting is a very personal issue and should not be open to research
  b. research on children is unethical
  c. it does not specify the methods to be used to answer the question
   d. it is not sufficiently specific



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

D




audie

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Reply 2 on: Jul 13, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
:D TYSM

 

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