If a Researcher Was Denied Permission to Conduct a Study

question 136

Multiple Choice

If a researcher was denied permission to conduct a study because participants might suffer harm,that decision would have been made by the:

• A) American Psychological Association
• B) institutional review board
• C) National Science Foundation
• D) Association of Psychological Science

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Definitions:

Appraisers

Professionals who assess the value of properties, artworks, antiques, and other items of value.

Degrees Of Freedom

The number of independent values in a statistical calculation that are free to vary when estimating some parameter.

Interaction

In statistics, the way two or more variables are related in such a manner that the effect of one variable on an outcome is dependent on the level or value of another variable.

Significance Level

A threshold in hypothesis testing used to determine if the null hypothesis should be rejected, commonly denoted as alpha (α).