Results from the NHSLS, a Demographic Survey of Sexual Behavior

question 58

Multiple Choice

Results from the NHSLS, a demographic survey of sexual behavior, published in 1994 revealed that

• A) women masturbate more than men.
• B) single women masturbate more than married women.
• C) divorced women masturbate more than single women.
• D) Catholic women masturbate more than Muslim women.
• E) women in relationships masturbate more than single women.

Understand various data collection techniques and their relevance in psychological research.

Grasp the experimental approach's role in establishing cause-effect relationships and manipulating variables.

Identify the function and importance of control groups in experimental designs.

Understand the relationship between experimental and control groups and the role of independent variables as causes in experiments.

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