When Writing a Report Describing a Class Research Project,a Student

question 59

Multiple Choice

When writing a report describing a class research project,a student paraphrased some material from a psychology journal article.In order to avoid a charge of plagiarism,the student should

• A) list the article in the references section at the end of the report, but not identify it in the text of the report.
• B) identify the author and publication year of the journal article in the same sentence as the paraphrased material.
• C) include quotation marks around the paraphrased material.
• D) identify the author of the journal article at the end of the paragraph in which the material was cited.

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Definitions:

Right Tailed

Pertaining to a type of hypothesis test where the area of interest is in the right tail of the distribution, typically testing for values greater than a certain number.

Test-Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during hypothesis testing used to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.

P-Value

the probability of obtaining test results at least as extreme as the ones observed during the study, assuming that the null hypothesis is correct.

Sample Size

The quantity of data points or observations gathered or chosen from a group to conduct statistical evaluation.