Steve Wants to Measure Attraction by Measuring Individuals' Heart Rates

question 53

Multiple Choice

Steve wants to measure attraction by measuring individuals' heart rates. In this case heart rate is the __________ variable and attraction is the __________ variable.

• A) measured; conceptual
• B) conceptual; measured
• C) predictor; outcome
• D) outcome; predictor

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Definitions:

Normal Populations

Populations that follow a normal distribution, where the majority of data points are concentrated around the mean value.

Standard Error

A statistical term that measures the accuracy with which a sample distributes around the population mean; it is the standard deviation of the sampling distribution.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, used to estimate population parameters.

Formal Charge

Used to calculate the charge of an atom in a molecule, assuming that electrons in all chemical bonds are shared equally between atoms.