USA Today Conducted a Poll Which Found That 84% of the Persons

question 51

Multiple Choice

USA Today conducted a poll which found that 84% of the persons responding to the poll indicated they had changed in some significant way since 9/11.This type of data would be considered which of the following?

• A)internally generated secondary data
• B)internally generated primary data
• C)externally generated secondary data
• D)externally generated primary data
• E)none of these

Understand the concepts of independent and dependent variables and their roles in experiments.

Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of survey research.

Identify alternatives to random assignment in experiments.

Explain how confounding variables affect internal validity in experiments.

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Definitions:

Invisible Hand

A metaphor used by economist Adam Smith to describe the self-regulating behavior of the marketplace.

Free Market

An economic system where prices for goods and services are determined by open market and competition, without intervention from government.

Unseen Forces

Hidden or not immediately apparent factors that can influence outcomes and processes in various contexts.

Psychoanalytic Approach

A psychological theory and therapeutic method developed by Sigmund Freud that emphasizes unconscious motives and conflicts as drivers of human behavior.