1. Samuel Stouffer discovered that the greatest source of error or bias in the scientific use of surveys is:1 Based on his study of how Watson and Crick discovered the structure of DNA and how Darwin developed the theory of evolution, Robert Weisberg concluded that:
2. The Notel researchers evaluated the rival hypothesis that observed increases in children's aggression after the introduction of television were due to maturation by:
3. A coding scheme classifies an animal's behavior into categories such as grooming, looking for food, and sexual display. This scheme is using a(n) __________ description.
4. The __________ design is to quasi-experimental designs as the multiple baseline design is to single-case designs.
5. An elaborate, sometimes pictorial, system for classifying the behavior of a species is called:
6. Which of the following is NOT a factor that is known to influence error?
7. True experiments differ from quasi-experiments in having:
8. The comparison group in a nonequivalent control group design is called nonequivalent because __________.
9. Although field studies avoid some limitations of laboratory research, such studies have the disadvantage(s) of :
10. The problem with telephone interviews is that __________.
11. Mail surveys are associated with __________ while face-to-face surveys are associated with __________.
12. The accuracy of estimating population values from a sample is a function of all of the following EXCEPT:
