A Researcher Is Interested in Studying Changes in Marital Satisfaction

question 26

Multiple Choice

A researcher is interested in studying changes in marital satisfaction over the course of marriage. She hypothesizes that marital satisfaction is highest when couples are newly married, that it decreases during the middle years of marriage, but rises again during later years of marriage. In order to test her hypothesis, she recruits fifty married couples within each of the following conditions: (1) married less than 10 years; (2) married 15-20 years; (3) married more than 25 years. All 150 couples (50 from each condition) complete a standardized measure of marital satisfaction.
What assumptions would the researcher have to make to analyze these data correctly?

• A) Homogeneity of variance across groups
• B) Normality of the satisfaction scores within each group.
• C) Independence of observations
• D) All of the above.

Identify physiological, psychological, and behavioral effects of stress.

Understand the importance of interpersonal relations in the workplace in mitigating or exacerbating stress.

Comprehend strategies to manage and reduce stress for individuals and within organizations.

Understand the relationship between stress and major health issues such as heart disease.

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