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MirandaLo

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Professor Martin is interested in the relationship between college students' grade point average and their performance on a standardized test of intelligence.
 
  In analyzing the results of his study, he looks at the degree of statistical association between these two variables. What type of nonexperimental study is Professor Martin conducting?
 
   a. Quasi-experimental
   b. Correlational
   c. Descriptive
   d. Factorial

Question 2

Professor Spinoza has developed a new theory of human intelligence. In testing his theory, he devises a questionnaire that can be administered to college students to assess their degree of intelligence.
 
  In the next phase of the research, Professor Spinoza would NOT be interested in trying to
 
   a. prove his theory.
   b. support his theory.
   c. falsify his theory.
   d. disprove his theory.



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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

a



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