A professor is interested in whether one's confidence influences one's self-esteem or whether it is one's self-esteem that influences one's self-confidence
He measures his students' levels of self-esteem and confidence and learns that they are positively correlated. One year later the professor reassesses the students' self-esteem and confidence levels. He finds that there is a stronger correlation between one's confidence at time one and one's self-esteem one year later than the correlation between one's self-esteem at time one and one's confidence level one year later. Which type of quasi-experimental design is the professor employing?
a. a single-case experimental design
b. a time-series design
c. a cross-lagged panel design
d. nonequivalent groups design
c
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a. Voyeuristic disorder b. Exhibitionistic disorder c. Sexual sadism disorder d. Frotteuristic disorder
Dr. Sardonicus wants to know whether or not the first three years of life are critical for acquiring language. She decides to study a child who was tragically deprived of human language by her parents. This type of research is called a(n) ________
a. correlational study. b. experiment. c. survey. d. case study.