Which of the Following Is NOT True About the Empirical

question 11

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT true about the empirical approach to developing measures?

• A) It relies on theory.
• B) It relies on data.
• C) It allows psychologists to decide what qualities of personality exist.
• D) none of the above

Understand the degrees of freedom concept and how it affects the t-distribution.

Understand how to test hypotheses about population means for single and paired samples.

Learn how to use sample data to estimate population parameters.

Understand the robustness of statistical tests against nonnormality.

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