Prestige and Honor Within the Scientific Community Depend Largely on

question 23

Multiple Choice

Prestige and honor within the scientific community depend largely on

• A) one's reputation as a researcher as demonstrated by having many publications in highly respected scholarly journals.
• B) how popular the person is among students as an excellent teacher.
• C) the number of powerful political and business people a person has as friends.
• D) the number of appearances of a person on TV or in major newspapers.

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Definitions:

Variables

Elements or factors that can change and affect the outcome of experiments or studies, often manipulated or measured by researchers.

Causal Link

The relationship between two events where one is the result of the occurrence of the other; a cause-effect relationship.

Dependent Variable

In an experiment, the variable that may change as a result of the independent variable (whatever new condition the experimenter adds). In other words, the dependent variable depends on the independent variable.

Level Of Depression

The degree or intensity of depressive symptoms an individual experiences.