Like Other Scientists, Psychologists Are Guided by the Assumption That

question 6

Multiple Choice

Like other scientists, psychologists are guided by the assumption that:

• A)only experimental data have scientific relevance.
• B)statistically significant results always have practical significance.
• C)certain phenomena will never be understood.
• D)events are lawful and ultimately explainable.

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Definitions:

Standard Error

A measure of the dispersion or variability in a sample statistic from the population parameter.

Infinite Population

A theoretical concept where the population size is considered unlimited or endlessly large for statistical analysis.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, which can be used to make inferences about a population.

Central Limit Theorem

A theorem that enables one to use the normal probability distribution to approximate the sampling distribution of x whenever the sample size is large.