A researcher recruits participants for an experiment by posting an announcement in the psychology department asking for volunteers. What kind of sampling is being used?

a. quota
b. non-quota
c. probability
d. nonprobability

d

Psychology

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A meteorologist is watching the Doppler radar screen at the National Weather Service Office and notices evidence of severe rain and wind. However,

he fails to recognize a pattern of counterclockwise wind movement that might indicate a tornado and thus fails to issue a warning. Several minutes later, a town 50 miles from the office is destroyed by a tornado. In terms of signal detection theory, what type of error has been made in this example? a) true negative b) true positive c) false negative d) false positive

Psychology