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jlmhmf

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on: Jun 22, 2018
A ________ enables researchers to decide whether the effects of an independent variable are reliable across studies.
 
  a. meta-analysis
  b. peer review
  c. reliability coefficient
  d. validity index

Question 2

Suppose a researcher wants to know whether frustration really does cause aggression.
 
  She collects a large number of experimental studies that involve both children and adults, and that are conducted both in the laboratory and in the real world in both the United States and other cultures. She then conducts a(n) ________ to determine whether there is enough consistency in findings across studies to determine the generalizability of the relationship between frustration and aggression.
 
   a. systematic replication
   b. direct replication
   c. meta-analysis
   d. archival study


joewallace

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C


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