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meagbuch

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After noticing that his students perform better on exams when it's cool outside, Professor Karl
  Young concluded that cool outdoor temperatures must cause better mental performance on
  exams. This conclusion is
 
  A) correct because a correlation between two events implies one caused the other
  B) correct because it's cool to do well on exams
  C) incorrect because a correlation between two events does not imply one caused the other
  D) incorrect because he does not have objective measurement of his data

Question 2

In a study of attitudes toward the role of women in society, you find that participants from a
  certain country all seem to report similar views. This could be described as the presence of a(n)
 
  A) demand characteristics B) emic
  C) nuisance variable D) cultural response set



janeli

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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

D



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