For an Experiment Comparing Two Methods of Teaching Social Skills

question 56

Multiple Choice

For an experiment comparing two methods of teaching social skills training to autistic children,the independent variable is _______ and the dependent variable is _______.

• A)teaching methods; the autistic children
• B)the autistic children; the social skills that are learned
• C)the social skills that are learned; the autistic children
• D)teaching methods; the social skills that are learned

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Definitions:

Sign Test

A nonparametric test used to determine whether the median of a population differs from a specified value by examining the signs of differences rather than their magnitude.

Populations Differ

A concept in statistics and research indicating that two or more populations are not identical in terms of one or more characteristics.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent pieces of information available to estimate another piece of information, often related to sample size in statistical analyses.

Chi-squared Distributed

Pertains to a statistical distribution one typically employs to evaluate the goodness-of-fit of observed data with theoretical expectations.