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A newspaper reports: Researcher Nancy Bell found that people who tell bad jokes seem to endure abuse of all kinds. She recruited students to slip an awful joke into normal conversations and then record the results. In 44 percent of the cases, the tellers received reactions they classified as impolite, intended to embarrass or humiliate them. Many times, they were even punched. Which of these may prevent us from drawing general conclusions about all Americans who tell jokes, based on the studys results?
  1.An unrepresentative sample
  2.A poor study design
  3.both of the above
  4.none of the above

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A newspaper reports: Researcher Nancy Bell found that people who tell bad jokes seem to endure abuse of all kinds. She recruited students to slip an awful joke into normal conversations and then record the results. In 44 percent of the cases, the tellers received reactions they classified as impolite, intended to embarrass or humiliate them. Many times, they were even punched. To which one of these pitfalls is the study vulnerable?
  1.the experimenter effect
  2.ill-defined concepts
  3.lack of realism
  4.all of the above



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Reply 2 on: Jul 24, 2018
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