"Miss Simms Had Been Drenched with Rain, Bombarded with Telephone

question 25

Multiple Choice

"Miss Simms had been drenched with rain, bombarded with telephone calls, and her boss shouted at her." This is an example of ________.

• A) too many nouns
• B) a dangling modifier
• C) lack of parallelism
• D) hedging

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Definitions:

Self-Report

A method in which individuals provide subjective information about their own thoughts, feelings, or behaviors, typically through questionnaires or interviews.

Experimental Study

A research method involving the manipulation of variables to determine cause-and-effect relationships within a controlled environment.

Control Group

The group in an experiment that is treated as much as possible like the experimental group except that it does not participate in the experimental manipulation.

Correlation Study

A research method used to determine the relationship between two or more variables without implying causation.