To Investigate Whether or Not Sending Text Messages While Driving

question 26

Multiple Choice

To investigate whether or not sending text messages while driving impacts driving ability,we had 100 participants (50 men and 50 women) drive an obstacle course under one of the following conditions: 1) no texting while driving,2) sending five text messages while driving,or 3) sending 10 text messages while driving.We measured the accuracy with which the subjects drove the obstacle course from a scale of 1 to 10 (1 = poor and 10 = excellent) .This study includes which of the following?

• A)Blinding
• B)Control
• C)Lack of realism

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Definitions:

Unemployment Insurance

A government program that provides financial assistance to unemployed workers who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.

Frictional Unemployment

Frictional unemployment occurs when there is a temporary mismatch between workers and jobs, such as when individuals are transitioning between jobs or entering the workforce for the first time.

Structurally Unemployed

Unemployment that occurs due to shifts in the economy that create a mismatch between the skills of the workforce and the needs of the employers.

Frictionally Unemployed

Individuals temporarily out of work while transitioning between jobs, typically a healthy phenomenon in a dynamic economy.