Professor Grant Is Interested in Studying the Development of a Sense

question 10

Multiple Choice

Professor Grant is interested in studying the development of a sense of humour.She collects data from groups of six-year-olds,16-year-olds,26-year-olds,and 46-year-olds.What type of research design is Professor Grant using?

• A)Cohort
• B)Longitudinal
• C)Correlational
• D)Cross-sectional

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Definitions:

Ethene

A colorless flammable gas (C2H4), the simplest alkene, acting as a fundamental building block in the petrochemical industry.

pKa

A quantitative measure of the strength of an acid in solution, reflecting its dissociation into a proton and an anion.

Bell Shaped Distribution

A type of distribution which is symmetric and has its peak in the middle, commonly associated with the normal distribution.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability in a dataset, indicating how much the values in the set deviate from the mean.