Using a combination of data sources such as interviews, observation and documents is known as
a. methods triangulation. c. researcher triangulation.
b. data triangulation. d. evidence triangulation.
Question 2
Before a student can be placed in a special education program,
a. a highly valid and reliable IQ test should be administered, since it serves as the sole criterion for placement.
b. the child's current teacher must administer a battery of tests that are valid, reliable, and written in the student's native language.
c. evaluations should be made by a multidisciplinary team that contains, at minimum, a school psychologist and the student's parents.
d. the student must be given a complete evaluation, which should include valid and appropriate tests, nontest sources of information, and input from a multidisciplinary team.
Nitrogen fluxes in Sycamore Creek, Arizona (data from Grimm 1988).
Pocket gophers and ecosystem structure (data from Huntly and Inouye 1988).
A health history is essential in collecting subjective data about metabolic acidosis.
Recognizing data clusters
Cross-sectional data showing that the amount of effort spent on personal health care increases with
Survivorship curves. Blue lines are theoretical curves. Red dots are data from field studies.