Susan Selects and Runs Her Focus Groups Carefully

question 85

Multiple Choice

Susan selects and runs her focus groups carefully.She wants to make sure that each focus group member provides meaningful information for her research purpose.As she is examining potential focus group candidates,she notices that three men and two women seem to provide "yes" answers regardless of what she asks them.They seem to want to be on the focus group very badly and appear eager to be "good subjects." If Susan follows prudent testing methodology,she should reject these test subjects in order to avoid the possibility of which of the following?

• A) Stimulus generalization
• B) Order bias
• C) Response
• D) Spontaneous recovery

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Definitions:

Third Variable Assumption

The idea in research that a correlation between two variables might be explained by a third factor that affects both of the original variables.

Scientific Method

A systematic and logical approach to discovering how things in the universe work, involving observation, hypothesis formulation, experimentation, and conclusion.

Psychological Trait

A characteristic way of thinking, feeling, or behaving that is consistent over time and situations and distinguishes one individual from another.

Variables

Elements, features, or factors that can change or vary within a study or experiment, potentially influencing the outcomes.