What Type of Research Source Provides the Best Firsthand Information

question 52

Multiple Choice

What type of research source provides the best firsthand information?

• A)Web pages or articles
• B)Interviews
• C)Company records
• D)Databases

Distinguish between various career paths in psychology, including academia, clinical practice, and research specializations.

Understand the principles and goals of positive psychology and its criticism.

Comprehend the relationship between psychology and empirical methods.

Recognize the distinction between clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals.

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Definitions:

Population variance

A measure of the dispersion of all data points within a population, squared from the mean of the population.

Confidence interval

A gamut of numbers, produced from sample statistics, believed to enfold the covert value of a population parameter.

Sample standard deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion of a dataset relative to its mean and is calculated as the square root of the variance.

True average age

The actual mean age of all individuals in a specified group or population.