Imagine That You Want to Paraphrase the Findings from a Research

question 22

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you want to paraphrase the findings from a research project published by Glenn Simpson and Dawn Hager in 1989 titled "The Role of Crackle Crunch Cereal as a Cognitive Enhancer" - which of the following in-text citations would be correct according to APA style?

• A) Simpson, G. and Hager, D. 1989). found that eating Crackle Crunch cereal was directly related to higher exam scores, but these effects dissipated after 2 hours.
• B) Simpson, G. and Hager, D 1989). found that eating Crackle Crunch cereal was directly related to higher exam scores, but these effects dissipated after 2 hours p. 88).
• C) Eating Crackle Crunch cereal has been found to enhance exam scores at least in the short-term Simpson & Hager, 1989).
• D) Eating Crackle Crunch cereal has been found to enhance exam scores at least in the short-term Simpson, G. & Hager, D., 1989).

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Normal Curve

A symmetric, bell-shaped curve representing the distribution of a set of data where most occurrences take place near the mean and probabilities for values taper off equally on both sides.

Continuity Correction

An adjustment made when approximating a discrete distribution with a continuous distribution.

Normal Approximation

A method of estimating the distribution of a sample statistic using the normal distribution, often applied when the sample size is large.

Binomial

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