Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Frederick J Gravetter, Lori-Ann B. Forzano
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Chapter 2, Problem 12E
Determine whether each of the following hypotheses is testable and refutable. If not, explain why.
a. Young children can see good or evil auras surrounding the people they meet.
b. A list of three-syllable words is more difficult to memorize than a list of one-syllable words.
c. The incidence of paranoia is higher among people who claim to have been abducted by aliens than in the general population.
d. If atomic weapons were never invented, then there would be less anxiety in the world.
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Research Methods for the Behavioral Sciences (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 2.1 - Identify possible sources and use them to identify...Ch. 2.1 - Define applied research and basic research and...Ch. 2.2 - Define primary and secondary sources, identity...Ch. 2.2 - Describe the process of conducting a literature...Ch. 2.2 - Describe the differences between a full-text...Ch. 2.3 - Identity the basic sections of an APA-style...Ch. 2.3 - Prob. 7LOCh. 2.4 - Describe the characteristics of a good hypothesis...Ch. 2 - Prob. 1ECh. 2 - Make a list of five ideas for a general research...
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