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Who is the current (as of the notes, I know things changed a little in the last week) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives? 

Dr. Ewell, a developmental psychologist, is planning on conducting a study that involves watching children play together to determine how sharing behavior occurs in same-sex friend pairs compared to opposite-sex friend pairs.  Dr. Ewell is concerned that the children will engage in more sharing behavior simply because they realize someone is watching them.  He is concerned about:

the Constitution gives who the power to declare war?

The difference between a cluster sample and a multistage sample is:

READ THE FOLLOWING SCENARIO TO ANSWER THE NEXT 2 QUESTIONS.  Dr. Sparrow is a social psychologist who studies romantic relationships. Several researchers have found that there is a link between income and marital satisfaction (e.g., Dakin & Wampler, 2008). Dr. Sparrow is curious as to whether there is a causal link between the two variables, such that having a higher income causes higher levels of marital satisfaction. He is confident that he cannot reasonably or ethically manipulate people’s income level. He is also curious as to whether there is a causal link between these two variables or if two other variables (number of arguments and life satisfaction) can explain the relationship. He measures his three variables at one time with a survey in a sample of 124 married couples recruited from a local community center. Below are his results. DV: Marital Satisfaction     Variable Beta (b) Significance (p) Income .69 .03 Number of arguments –.73 .01 Life satisfaction .13 .81

Dr. Guidry realizes that the relationship between number of friends and life satisfaction is only present when both men and women are included in the study. However, the relationship between number of friends and life satisfaction does not exist if women and men are examined separately.  This is likely a(n)

What is Dr. Michaels’ likely population of interest?

A question that leads people to answer in a particular way is known as a(n):

Dr. Gore is conducting a survey examining people’s opinions toward funding for collegiate athletics on his campus. He notices that several participants agree with all 12 questions. This could be an example of all of the following EXCEPT:

Considering Dr. Guidry’s sample, which of the following statements is true?