Meehl's Criticism of Research Methods and in Particular, Statistical Testing

question 1

Multiple Choice

Meehl's criticism of research methods and in particular, statistical testing is whether:

• A) internal validity can ever be attained.
• B) external validity is important.
• C) p<.05 is meaningful.
• D) statistical differences between groups advance the science of psychology.

Understand the process and formulation of hypothesis testing in statistical analysis.

Grasp the concept and application limitations of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA).

Apply the Tukey-Kramer multiple comparison procedure for post hoc analysis in ANOVA.

Differentiate between one-tailed and two-tailed tests and their application in hypothesis testing.

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