What Types of Laboratory Experiments Are Most Desirable

question 9

Multiple Choice

What types of laboratory experiments are most desirable?

• A)When the sample is representative of the population to which the results are generalized.
• B)When the experiment's context and conduct are natural so that the subjects behave realistically.
• C)When the intent of the experiment is to achieve high levels of internal validity.
• D)When the intent of the experiment is to achieve high levels of external validity.
• E)None of the above are desirable.

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Definitions:

Multiple Regression

A statistical technique that models the relationship between a dependent variable and multiple independent variables to understand the impact of each on the dependent variable.

Predict the Value

The process of using information from existing data or a statistical model to estimate or forecast the value of an unknown variable.

ANOVA

Analysis of Variance, a statistical method used to compare the means of three or more samples to see if at least one is significantly different from the others.

Factor Analysis

A statistical approach aimed at uncovering the foundational variables, or factors, responsible for the correlations seen among various observed variables.