Dr. Simpson conducted a content analysis of The New York Times between 1980 and 2000. She first identified relevant articles involving government regulation of business. After finding 2,000 such articles, she systematically sampled articles with a sampling interval of 5. She then coded each sampled article based on the subjective meaning it expressed, as pro- or anti-government regulation, using a 1 to 10 scale (1 = very anti-regulation, 10 = very pro-regulation). In this study, Dr. Simpson used to identify articles as pro- or anti-government regulation.

A survey format that is used to persuade an individual to do something is called a(n)?

The following survey question is flawed. What is the MAJOR weakness of this item? “How old were you the first time you went to a grocery store?”• Under 6 months old• 6 months to 12 months old• 13 months to 24 months old• 25 months to 3 years old• More than 3 years old

If the time between the pretest and the posttest is very short, then

Vince wants to draw a sample of people in Illinois who own 1960s Schwinn Sting-Ray children’s bicycles, a collector’s item. There is no list of the people, but there is an informal network (acquaintances) of Sting-Ray owners. What type of sampling should Vince use?

A researcher needs all of the following to make a casual statement, EXCEPT

What is a range of values, usually a little higher and lower than a specific value found in a sample, within which a researcher has a specified and high degree of confidence that the population parameter lies?

A positive relationship is when

In a qualitative study, most of one’s measurement decisions happen:

In 1957, President Gorz posed for an official photograph in front of the presidential palace, which was the only photograph ever taken of him. Before the picture was taken, he had the barbed wire on the roof of the palace removed. He also took off the gun he always wore. He wanted to hide the militaristic and brutal nature of his rule. This illustrates