Katie asks random individuals in a questionnaire how much sleep they get daily and their rating of depression. What issue will Katie run into if she wants to assume casualty between depression and sleep?

A rating scale in which an individual marks a spot on a line to indicate their response to the question, is what type of scale?

True of false – a wide range of true scores on a test means that the test has low reliability.

What two components help determine reliability?

Which of the following are the focus of survey research?

Which form of internal consistency compares each question within a scale to the scale composite score?

Megan is sending out a questionnaire to parents in her community to determine if there is a relationship between internet use and aggression in school aged children. Megan is using what type of method?

True or false – in experimental design, the independent variable produces a cause effect on the dependent variable

An experiment conducted in a laboratory setting controlling for as many extraneous variables as possible would most likely have strong ______

A mother says to the nurse in the primary health care provider’s office, “I am afraid that my child might have another seizure.”  Which response by the nurse is most therapeutic?