Dave Is Reviewing a Manuscript Submitted for Publication

question 27

Multiple Choice

Dave is reviewing a manuscript submitted for publication. The paper describes a study that assessed the attitudes of pre-service teachers about their student
Teaching experience. Which of the following questions is most important for Dave to
Ask himself regarding the study?

• A) Was an appropriate experimental design selected?
• B) Were control procedures applied to equate groups on extraneous variables?
• C) Was the questionnaire pilot-tested?
• D) Were efforts made to overcome observer bias and observer effect?

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Definitions:

Environmental Factors

External elements like climate, geography, and pollution that can affect organisms and their development.

Self-Serving Bias

The common tendency to attribute one's successes to personal characteristics and failures to external factors.

Rose-Colored Glasses

An idiom describing an overly optimistic and unrealistic perspective on situations, where negative aspects are overlooked or dismissed.

Self-Serving Bias

A common cognitive bias where individuals attribute success to their own efforts and abilities but blame failures on external factors.