To Study Some Gender Differences, a Researcher Selected a Group

question 212

Multiple Choice

To study some gender differences, a researcher selected a group of 10 men and 10 women and treated all participants exactly the same. Each participant was given a test of psychological function. This study is an example of a(n) :

• A) experiment.
• B) analogue study.
• C) correlational study.
• D) quasi-experimental study.

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Definitions:

Probability

The likelihood of an event's occurrence assessed by a numerical scale extending from 0 to 1.

Sampling Distribution

The distribution of probabilities for a specific statistic derived from a random sample, illustrating the variation of the statistic across different samples.

Normally Distributed

A statistical term describing a bell-shaped distribution of data points, symmetric about the mean, where most observations cluster around the central peak and the probabilities for values further from the mean taper off equally in both directions.

Sample Means

The average value of a set of measurements or quantities taken from a larger population, used as an estimate of the overall population mean.