Dr Gong Conducts a Study Where She Randomly Assigns Participants

question 60

Multiple Choice

Dr. Gong conducts a study where she randomly assigns participants to different experimental conditions. The testing for each condition occurs in a different room of the psychology building. After collecting her data, she learns that the air conditioning in one of the rooms had been turned off during data collection. Which of the following threats to internal validity should Dr. Gong be concerned with?

• A)Design confound
• B)Selection effect
• C)Order effect
• D)Maturation effect

Understand the guidelines for constructing medical words.

Identify and use basic abbreviations and their meanings in medical terminology.

Understand the rules for forming medical terminology, including the addition of suffixes and combining forms.

Distinguish between acronyms and initialisms within medical terminology.

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Definitions:

Diagnosable Disorder

A health condition that meets specific criteria set by medical standards, allowing it to be officially recognized and treated.

Mental Disorder

A psychological pattern or anomaly, potentially reflected in behavior, that is associated with distress or disability.

Meta-analysis

A statistical technique that combines the results of multiple scientific studies to find overall trends and effects.

Statistical Methods

Techniques and procedures used in data analysis to gather, review, analyze, and draw conclusions from data.