A Subject in an Experiment on Prejudice Toward the Physically

question 66

Multiple Choice

A subject in an experiment on prejudice toward the physically handicapped is asked by the experimenter to be honest and follow instructions scrupulously-in other words, to adopt the role of "faithful subject." This implies that

• A) the experimenter knew the subject was prejudiced toward people with handicaps.
• B) the experimenter was trying to minimize the effect of demand characteristics.
• C) the experimenter was trying to reduce experimenter bias.
• D) "role" was the independent variable in this experiment.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

The null hypothesis is a default hypothesis that there is no significant effect or difference present, to be tested against the alternative hypothesis.

GPAs

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F-ratio

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Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no significant difference or association, used as a starting assumption in statistical testing.