Anton and His Friends Are Discussing a Study He Read

question 7

Multiple Choice

Anton and his friends are discussing a study he read about in his developmental psychology class. In the study, the researcher made the claim that most middle school students who are bullied have low self-esteem. Clarissa questions the study, saying, "I am not sure that I am convinced. I am not sure you can really measure being bullied." Quinn also questions the study, saying, "Which middle school students did they study? I am curious if they included both private and public school students." Manish also is curious about the study, asking, "I wonder how strong the relationship is between bullying and self-esteem. Could you predict one from the other?"
Why should Anton NOT interrogate the internal validity of the study?

• A)because he is a student, not a researcher
• B)because the author of the study already did
• C)because the study's claim is an association claim
• D)because he has not taken statistics yet

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Definitions:

Ordered Rankings

A method of arranging data points or items based on their value or importance in an ascending or descending sequence.

Interval Data

A type of numerical data that has meaningful intervals between measurements but no true zero point, allowing for comparison and subtraction.

Nominal Data

Data categorized into discrete groups or categories that cannot be ordered or ranked.

Interval Variable

A type of quantitative variable that exhibits ordered relationships with meaningful, equal distances between measurements but no true zero point.