A program will be implemented to teach young adults how to e…
A program will be implemented to teach young adults how to eat healthier. One evaluator points out that young adults can be influenced by their friends and their behaviors. She proposes to add a survey to assess friends’ influence on eating behaviors by asking the participant to list all their close friends and then answer a series of essay questions describing their relationship with each friend (ex: when they met, how close they are, how frequently they see each other). The survey will also ask the participant to describe each friends’ general eating patterns. What is the main issue with this approach?
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An evaluator developed a questionnaire to screen for depression. Unfortunately, the results of the questionnaire were not associated with a well-known gold standard for depression. She should be concerned because her questionnaire does not seem to have _____________________.
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A school based program will be implemented to prevent teenage drinking over the next 9 months. Evaluators want to evaluate the teenage drinking prevention program and suggest implementing a cyber bullying prevention program in a school that is demographically similar to the school that will receive the teenage drinking program. Evaluators will most likely use the second school (the one receiving the cyber bullying program) as a(n):
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