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oliviahorn72

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Which of the following best illustrates a field study?
 
  a. Caregivers of people with heart conditions are observed and interviewed at home.
 b. Mice are observed before and after they are deprived of sleep.
 c. A group of people are tested for intelligence when they are 20, 30, and 40 years old.
 d. The brain wave patterns of autistic children are compared with those of nonautistic children.

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There are many assets to using a field study, said the graduate student. First, you're dealing with correlation, so you can draw conclusions about the direction of causality. Second, you have a high degree of control over confounding variables. Third, because you're dealing with a contrived situation, you're bound to have poor external validity. And fourth, your presence might influence the subjects' behavior.. Which part of the graduate student's thinking was accurate?
 
  a. Because it's a correlational study, one can draw conclusions about causality.
  b. This type of study affords a high degree of control over confounding variables.
  c. Because this type of study is contrived, it will result in poor external validity.
  d. The experimenters' presence can influence the subjects' behavior.



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princessflame2016

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

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oliviahorn72

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
:D TYSM


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Wow, this really help

 

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