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neverstopbelieb

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Which of the following would be considered ex post facto research?
 
  a. A group of adults who live in close proximity to an airport is compared on their levels of stress to a matched group of adults from the same community who do not live near the airport, before andafter the expansion of the airport.
 b. The levels of stress among the residents of a suburban community are measured and correlated to the distance of their homes from a local airport.
 c. A sample of adults is recruited from the local community and assigned randomly to one of two conditions; half are asked to complete a series of self-report measures, including a measure ofstress, while listening to white noise on a set of headphones and the other half are asked tocomplete the same measures while listening to a recording of airplane noise from a nearby airport.
 d. Elementary school children and their parents are compared on a measure of stress given before and after the expansion of a nearby airport.

Question 2

A researcher is interested in the sleeping habits of students at the local state college. The average number of hours spent sleeping each night for the entire set of students enrolled at the college is an example of a ____.
 
  a. statistic
 b. parameter
 c. sample
 d. population



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

b



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