Excluded from the Four Key Trends That Account for the High

question 28

Multiple Choice

Excluded from the four key trends that account for the high Asian growth rates in the 1980s and early 1990s are

• A) rising female labor force participation rates.
• B) rapid rises in educational attainment.
• C) rapid increases in the rate of innovation and a growth in Asian consumer demand.
• D) high and rising investment rates.
• E) shifts of workers from agriculture to manufacturing.

---

Definitions:

Resentful Demoralization

A decrease in motivation among control group participants in a study, often due to knowing they are not receiving the experimental treatment.

True Experimental Design

A research design that includes random assignment of participants to conditions and manipulation of an independent variable to determine its effect on a dependent variable.

Independent Variable

The variable in an experiment that is manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effect on the dependent variable.

Dependent Variable

The outcome variable in an experiment or study whose changes are dependent on manipulations made to the independent variable(s).