Exam 1: Introduction

Figure TB 1-3​ -What type of relationship is shown in the accompanying figure?​

Drew believes that individuals with higher levels of social anxiety will be more likely to spend more time on social media.He defines social anxiety levels as scores on a common test of social anxiety.In defining it as a test score,Drew has ____ social anxiety.

The _______________ is the macro-level effort to accumulate knowledge across multiple empirical systematic public research projects.

Because there is often error associated with measurement and other aspects of research,social research is ____.

Figure TB 1-2 -What type of relationship is shown in the accompanying figure?​

Aware of the controversy surrounding dietary treatments for autism spectrum disorders,Rebecca identifies relevant research and then uses statistical methods to combine the results of similar studies quantitatively in order to allow general conclusions to be made.Her work is best described as ____.

Studies designed primarily to document what is going on or what exists are called _______________ studies.

Define and provide examples of descriptive,relational,and causal studies.

A relationship in which higher levels of one variable are associated with higher levels of another is best described as ____.

What type of validity is most concerned with whether the results can be generalized to other persons,places,and times?​