Considering the following research study: Dr. Lodi is cond…
Considering the following research study: Dr. Lodi is conducting a research study on the relationship between sleep and college grades. She recruits 100 college students for her study. To participate in the study, the students are provided with a smartwatch that they wear at night. The watch tracks how many hours they are asleep each night during the semester. At the end of the semester. Dr. Lodi obtains their final grades in courses. When analyzing the data, she notices that students who averaged 8 or more hours of sleep per night had higher final grades than students who averaged less than 7 hours of sleep per night. What was the design of Dr. Lodi’s research study?
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Consider the five major perspectives described in chapter 1 about why people behave and think the way they do. (These are the same 5 you described in the previous matching question). Which perspective do you think offers the best explanation of why people behave and think the way they do? Give at least two reasons to support your answer.
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Consider the following research study: Dr. Hernandez is conducting a research study to see if communication skills training will improve marital satisfaction. He recruits 50 married couples to participate in his study. First, he gives them a survey to test how happy they are in their marriage. Then, he randomly assigns half of the couples to participate in a 2-hour training on communication skills. The remaining couples receive no training. Three months later, he gives all couples the same survey to test how happy they are in their marriage. He notices that couples who participated in the 2-hour training on communication skills rate their marriage satisfaction higher than couples who did not participate in the training. Thus, he concludes that participation in the 2-hour training on communication skills improves marital satisfaction. What is the independent variable of this study?
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