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When viewing data entered into a spreadsheet, the columns identify _____.

_{a. records}

_{b. variables}

_{c. categories}

_{d. coding instructions}

_{e. variable labels}

Which of the following terms is used to refer to questionnaires used in personal interviews?

. Administrative questions

. Interview schedules

. Moderator guides

. Survey schedules

. Interview guides

Which source of evidence to support experimental results is most threatened by the use of a field experiment?

. Agreement between the IV and DV

. Time order of the occurrence of the variables

. Control of contamination from extraneous variables

. Use of a control group

. Manipulation of the IV

True experimental designs differ from pre-experimental designs in that _____.

true experimental designs use random assignment

pre-experimental designs include the use of a control group

pre-experimental designs include the use of pre-tests

true experimental designs include multiple treatment groups

pre-experimental designs have fewer threats to internal validity

5. Consider the following statements: “Inner-city household interviewing is especially difficult and expensive. This survey involves substantial inner-city household interviewing. The interviewing in this survey will be especially difficult and expensive.” This is an example of a(n) _____.

empirical argument

inductive argument

exposition

deductive argument

hypothesis