According to the article Going to Pot, about adolescent drug use, when the participants in a cross sectional
study have lived through a unique and unusual time--such as the great depression, they may be different
from others who will eventually
be the same age as the participant. This is called a (a) cohort effect
(b) ceiling effect
(c) calendar effect
(d) cluster effect
A
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You read the following information in the results section of a paper: F(2, 15) = 6.36, p > .05. What can you conclude from this statement?
a. that the result was significant b. that there were 15 participants in the study c. that the researchers should conduct a post-hoc test d. that an analysis of variance test was used
Maddi and colleagues call it ____________ coping when people high in hardiness turn a negative experience into something less threatening and, ultimately, even growth enhancing
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).