A Descriptive Study Is One That _____

question 34

Multiple Choice

A descriptive study is one that _____.

• A) attempts to capture a population's characteristics by making inferences from a sample's characteristics and testing resulting hypotheses
• B) emphasizes a full contextual analysis of a few events or conditions and their interrelations
• C) discovers answers to the questions who, what, when, where, or how much
• D) attempts to reveal why or how one variable produces changes in another
• E) provides repeated measures over an extended period of time

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Definitions:

Pupil

Circular opening in the iris through which light enters the eye.

Rods

Photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye, highly sensitive to light, and responsible for vision under low light conditions.

Optic Disc

The point of exit for ganglion cell axons leaving the eye. Because there are no rods or cones overlying the optic disc, it creates a blind spot in visual fields.

Sensory Retina

The part of the retina that contains photoreceptor cells (rods and cones) responsible for converting light into electrical signals for vision.