Dieting

question 48

Multiple Choice

Dieting

• A) is a slow, but eventually effective, treatment for obesity.
• B) produces small, short-term weight losses.
• C) has physiological, but not psychological, effects.
• D) None of these.

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Definitions:

Correlational Research

A type of non-experimental research method in which a researcher measures two variables, understands and assesses the statistical relationship between them without any causal assumption.

Independent Variables

Factors in an experiment that are deliberately altered to test their impact on the variables being measured.

Manipulating Variables

The process of changing one or more variables in an experiment to observe the effects on other variables.

Double-Blind Procedure

A research method used to prevent bias, where neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment.