A. the range of the sample increases
B. the standard deviation of the sample increases
C. the man of the sample increases
D. the standard deviation of the sample decreases
Related Mcqs:
- As a person caloric intake increases, his weight gain also increases. This is an example of ____________?
A. case history
B. correlation
C. negative correlation
D. positive correlation - Any procedural variable which can cause a subset of the population to be non-representative of the population is a _____________?
A. sample error
B. sample bias
C. population error
D. population bias
E. None of these - In evolutionary theory, __________________ refers to the reproductive success of an individual organism relative to the average reproductive success in the population.
A. natural selection
B. gene flow
C. adaptation
D. fitness - The advantages are that is large quantity of data is collected which may form a basis for generalizing from the sample to the:
A. Sample
B. Population
C. Quantity
D. Research - In which type of research a representative sample of people asked to answer questions about their behaviors or opinions?
A. experiment
B. the survey
C. the case study
D. naturalistic observation - A representative sample is an essential element of the:
A. survey method
B. psychoanalytic method
C. natural experiment or case study
D. clinical method - If we surveyed a sample of neuroscientists, which part of the brain would they report as most preferable to lose?
A. A cubic centimeter of glial cells because the damage would be less disabling
B. A cubic centimeter of subcortex because the damage would be less disabling
C. A cubic centimeter of spinal cord because the damage would be less disabling
D. A cubic centimeter of cortex because the damage would be less disabling - Which measure of central tendency is used to calculate your grade-point average?
A. range
B. median
C. mode
D. mean - Which of the following increases the pace of development:
A. Meaningless content
B. Meaningful content
C. Punishment
D. Ignorance of individual differences - In an experiment to find out if taking ginseng increases IQ scores, the IQ scores would be:
A. the independent variable
B. a control variable
C. an extraneous variable
D. the dependent variable
