A researcher tries to reconstruct a person's past by interviewing the person and consulting various other sources that relate to the person's life. This method of conducting research is called the ______ approach
a. longitudinal c. biographical
b. cross-sectional d. convergent
C
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Which of the following is true of the study conducted by Kelemen with Mexican American mothers and their children regarding theory-theory?
Older children ask more questions in general than do younger children. Mothers with more years of education recorded fewer questions as they were asked by their children. Mothers and children of lower SES asked the most questions overall. Younger children ask for more clarification of instructions than do older children.
A test is said to be reliable if
A) a person's score on a test is pretty much the same every time he or she takes it. B) it contains an adequate sample of the skills it is supposed to measure. C) its results agree with a more direct measure of what the test is designed to predict. D) it is culture-free.