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Dr.Dow Jones wants to know whether a problem-based approach to teaching economics will result in higher academic performance than his traditional method.Of the six sections of Economics 101 at his university,Dr.Jones randomly assigns three sections to the traditional method and three sections to the problem-based method.At the end of semester all students complete the same final exam.In this design,students studying under the problem-based method constitute the:


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Stanley Milgram

A psychologist known for his research on obedience, demonstrating people's willingness to follow the orders of an authority figure.

Original Obedience Study

Refers to the research conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s, which investigated the extent to which individuals would follow orders from an authority figure, even when the orders were to administer electric shocks to another person.

Subjects

Participants in a research study.

Arms Control

Measures aimed at controlling the development, testing, deployment, and proliferation of weapons, especially nuclear weapons, to reduce the potential for armed conflict and promote international security.

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