Dr Hernandez Is Researching the Effect of a New Treatment

question 113

Multiple Choice

Dr. Hernandez is researching the effect of a new treatment for depression. She is so excited about this treatment because she is sure it will help people. When she hands out the placebo pills, she is able to keep a neutral expression on her face. When she hands out the actual pills, she can't help but let a little smile curl her lips and she bounces up and down very slightly due to her expectations the pill will really help these people. She is not aware she is doing anything different. As her student, you need to point this out to her to save the study from _____ bias.

• A)experimenter
• B)participant
• C)intentional
• D)accidental

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Definitions:

Work In Process Inventory

Inventory category in manufacturing representing goods that have been started but not yet completed, highlighting a transition state in production.

Transferred Out

In accounting, it refers to the cost of goods or inventory that has been moved from one production process or department to another in the course of manufacturing.

Weighted-Average Method

A method for computing the cost of goods sold and the remaining inventory value that uses the mean cost of all available units.

Process Costing System

An accounting system used for homogenous products that are mass-produced, assigning costs to units of product based on the process they go through.