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Lobcity

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A representative sample for survey research should
 
  a. always be randomly selected.
  b. always be a probability sample.
  c. have the same proportion of characteristics as the population from which it was drawn.
  d. all of these are true.

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A student is told by his science teacher that toads are not reptiles, as the student had originally thought. The student checks an animal taxonomy (classification) book out of the library in order to determine exactly what toads are, if not reptiles. According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, this student is attempting to
 
  a. increase the disequilibrium caused by his science teacher.
  b. reorganize his scheme of animal systems.
  c. create a dichotomy in his understanding of animal life.
  d. enhance the discrepancy between the old and new perceptions of what it is to be a toad.


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sarajane1989

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

b


Lobcity

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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