Theory Building Is Important in Psychology Because It

question 593

Multiple Choice

Theory building is important in psychology because it

• A)prevents excessive reliance on empiricism.
• B)reduces the need for hypothesis testing.
• C)relies heavily on naturalistic observation.
• D)provides explanations and guides future research.

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Definitions:

Frequency Distribution

A summary of data that shows the number of occurrences of each value or category of a variable.

Cumulative Frequency

The sum of a given frequency and all frequencies so far in a frequency distribution.

Cumulative Relative Frequency

A statistical measure showing the sum of the relative frequency of all values less than or equal to a specific value, often used to understand the distribution of data points within a dataset.

Percent Frequency Distribution

A tabular summary of data showing the percentage of observations in each of several nonoverlapping classes.