Karen Is Teaching Knitting as a Means to Increase Fine

question 13

Multiple Choice

Karen is teaching knitting as a means to increase fine motor skills in her occupational therapy sessions. Cynthia is a qualitative researcher who has enrolled in the class as a student to experience the new 'therapy'. Cynthia feels that Jacob, a student in the class, will not benefit from the training since he is a large male she feels that knitting is better for females with smaller hands. In fact, in her field notes Cynthia finds support that indeed, the knitting therapy does not seem to be a positive experience for Jacob.
-Given this scenario, Cynthia may have introduced which of the following validity threats into her study?

• A) Observer bias
• B) Observer effect
• C) Selection effect
• D) Selection bias

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Definitions:

Private Consumptions

The spending by households on goods and services, excluding purchases of new housing but including healthcare, education, and entertainment.

Majority Vote

A decision-making rule where the option that receives more than half of the votes is chosen.

Public Goods

Goods that are non-excludable and non-rivalrous, meaning they can be used by many people simultaneously without depletion.

Pareto Optimal

A scenario in resource distribution where it's impossible to benefit one individual through reallocation without causing harm to another individual.