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after making observations and forming a research question, scientists should

Form a hypothesis

For a research study comparing attitude scores for Blacks and Hispanics, participant race/ethnicity is an example of what kind of variable?

a participant variable

in a quasi-experimental design, how are participants assigned to groups?

participants are assigned to groups on the basis of pre-existing variables.

quasi-experiment lack

random assignment

In an experimental study of the effects of failure on self-esteem, self-esteem would be the

dependent variable

in an experimental study of the effects of sleep on driving performance, driving performance would be the

dependent variable

most social-psychological research is either correlational or

experimental

Hailey wants to control the variables in her study as much as possible. She does not want any extraneous variables to affect her results. What type of study should Hailey use?

experimental study

in her research on social interactions, Dr. Fisher anticipates that people of the same racial background will interact more with each other than they will with people of different races. she then conducts research to test this idea. Dr. Fisher's prediction is an example of a

hypothesis

Dr. Jones finds a correlation of -1.23 between room temperature and aggressive behavior. this is correctly interpreted as:

incorrect

most social-psychological research is conducted either in the field or in the

laboratory