Social Validity Is Said to Occur When

question 19

Multiple Choice

Social validity is said to occur when

• A)a procedure shown to be effective is recognized as such by the community and widely used
• B)results shown to be effective in the lab also work in the social environment
• C)a study with one type of person is also shown to be effective with other types of people in the social environment
• D)a study has been replicated with a second cultural group

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Definitions:

Margin Of Error

The amount of error that can be tolerated in the results of a poll or survey, indicating the potential deviation from the true population parameter.

Confidence Interval

A spectrum of numbers, extracted from sample observations, presumed to hold the value of a not yet identified population characteristic.

Sample Mean

The average value of a set of data points taken from a larger population, used as an estimate of the population mean.

Sample Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values in a sample.