Techniques Such as Meta-Analysis Are Useful in Psychology Because

question 88

Multiple Choice

Techniques such as meta-analysis are useful in psychology because:

• A) they help reduce unintended changes in subjects' behaviour due to cues given by the experimenter.
• B) they allow for the careful study of behaviour in schools, workplaces, and other natural contexts.
• C) they provide a range of values within which the mean of a population is likely to lie.
• D) rarely does one study alone prove anything, and this technique analyzes data from many studies.

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