In Your Study of a Drug's Efficacy in Treating Hypertension,your

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Essay

In your study of a drug's efficacy in treating hypertension,your subjects are white males,ages 40 to 60 years.Is your study applicable to all people? Explain.

Recognize and describe the variety of measures used in research, including behavioral, self-report, and physiological measures.

Appreciate the factors affecting the effectiveness of manipulations, such as cost, ethical considerations, and potential for creating unrealistic situations.

Describe the role and function of confederates in staged manipulations.

Understand the use of physiological measures in research and identify specific types of physiological measures.

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Definitions:

Population Means

The average values derived from the entirety of a given population, representing a central tendency.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, most commonly of the mean; it measures how precisely the mean of the sample estimates the population mean.

Point Estimate

A single value or statistic that serves as the best guess or most likely value for a population parameter based on sample data.

Population Means

The average or mean value of a particular characteristic of all individuals in a population.