A Personality Researcher Revisits the Hypothesis That Frustration Leads to Regression.She

question 57

Multiple Choice

A personality researcher revisits the hypothesis that frustration leads to regression.She collects data from 49 female Internet users measuring their sense of personal frustration and their self-ratings of aggression.A scatterplot is shown below. Which of the following statements is true?

• A)The research is not valid as it only uses females.
• B)The research is not valid as the sample size is too small.
• C)The research is valid but it is not reliable as all the participants were female.
• D)The research is internally valid but it is not externally valid as all the participants were female.
• E)None of the above.

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Mental Disorders

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Anxiety Disorders

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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Cognitive-behavioral Explanation

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