Because They Relied on Anecdotes Rather Than Experiments, the Forerunners

question 61

True/False

Because they relied on anecdotes rather than experiments, the forerunners of modern psychology were always wrong in their description of human behavior.

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Definitions:

Mann-Whitney Test

A nonparametric test used to compare differences between two independent groups when the dependent variable is either ordinal or continuous, but not normally distributed.

Hypotheses Testing

An analytical technique in statistics that leverages a sample's data to examine a conjecture concerning a characteristic of the entire population.

Population Locations

Typically refers to the geographical distribution of individuals or entities within a given area, used in studies like demography and ecology.

Independent Samples

Samples that are collected without any of the members affecting the other, ensuring that the samples do not influence each other.