In a Study in Which the Procedures Were Assumed to Create

question 52

Multiple Choice

In a study in which the procedures were assumed to create anxiety, some participants were interrupted in the middle of the procedure and their blood pressure was checked. This is an example of

• A)a Hawthorne effect
• B)a manipulation check
• C)a check on experimenter bias
• D)a placebo control

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Definitions:

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used to estimate the precision of a sample mean.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data values from their mean, calculated for the entire population.

Sample Size

The number of observations or items selected from a population to constitute a sample for the purpose of statistical analysis.

Sample Size

It refers to the number of observations or individuals taken from a population for the purpose of statistical analysis.