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geodog55

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We like to believe that the only major influence on participant performance in an experiment is the manipulation of the independent variable. In fact, some research has shown that
 
  a. performance can be influenced by the participants' perceptions of what the experimenter wants them to do.
  b. human behavior is relatively uninfluenced by manipulation of environmental conditions.
  c. human participants are very good at figuring out the purpose of an experiment, and enjoy subverting the research by giving data that disconfirm the hypothesis.
  d. manipulations of environmental conditions are to powerful to test in research.

Question 2

Tammy decided to explore public health data to find the percentage of individuals who have contracted sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) as part of her thesis on program evaluation of educational materials available to college students on STDs.
 
  This is an example of using
 
   
 a. correlational data
   b. qualitative data
   c. interview data
   d. existing data


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mcni194

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Reply #1 on: Jul 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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geodog55

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Reply 2 on: Jul 13, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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