The president, members of Congress, presidential candidates, and the media are all talking about falling test scores and the failures of public education. Not a day goes by that the issue isn't front and center
Urgent debates on the need for reform are ever present. Not surprising, when a polling organization conducted a survey that asked, "What do you think is the most important problem facing the country today?" 35 percent replied "education." What is the best explanation for this polling response?
a. The miracle of aggregation shapes what the public thinks about and what they think about it.
b. Partisanship shapes what the public thinks about and what they think about it.
c. Opinion leaders shape what the public thinks about and what they think about it.
d. Moderately attentive "scorekeepers" shape what the public thinks about and what they think about it.
e. The political sophistication of voters shapes what the public thinks about and what they think about it.
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Which of the following does NOT represent an important ethical safeguard in doing research with children?
A) assuring that the study is competently designed and carried out B) getting informed consent from the children themselves C) getting informed consent from the children's parents D) getting the children's assent to participate in the research
While conducting her within subjects design, Katie notices that participants are failing to fully complete the last level of the independent variable
Specifically, subjects are leaving questions blank and do not appear to be placing as much effort into the study as they were in the first level of the independent variable. Katie is seeing what disadvantage to using a within subjects design? a. attrition b. practice effects c. fatigue d. order effects