Before Shirley Fills Out Her Course Registration for Fall Semester

question 109

Multiple Choice

Before Shirley fills out her course registration for fall semester, she asks her parents which courses they think she should take. Shirley also consults the guidance counselor at school as well as some of her close friends. She weighs their suggestions, then enrolls in the courses that seem best suited to her educational goals. Which type of autonomy is Shirley expressing?

• A) cognitive autonomy
• B) behavioral autonomy
• C) emotional autonomy
• D) psychosocial autonomy

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can vary in the analysis without violating any constraints.

F-ratio

A statistic used in ANOVA tests to compare the variability between group means to the variability within groups.

Participants

Individuals who take part in a study or experiment, providing data for analysis.

Groups

Collections of subjects, items, or categories that are studied in research or statistical analyses.