The Cues That Tell a Participant What Is Expected or What

question 20

Multiple Choice

The cues that tell a participant what is expected or what the experimenter hopes to find are known as

• A) independent variables.
• B) correlations.
• C) dependent variables.
• D) demand characteristics.

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Definitions:

Chi-Square Statistic

A numerical measure that evaluates the difference between observed and expected data frequencies, often used in hypothesis testing.

Significance Level

A threshold used in statistical hypothesis testing that determines the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true.

Mud Wrestling

A sport or entertainment activity involving participants wrestling in mud.

Z Statistic

A measure that describes how many standard deviations an element is from the mean of its distribution, often used in significance testing.