What are the three main reasons for leniency in references?

What will be an ideal response?

• applicants choose their own references
• references are not always confidential
• fear of legal ramifications

Psychology

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Imagine that a researcher publishes the results from a study that indicate a statistically significant association between sleep deprivation and coronary disease. This result would mean that

a. sleep deprivation causes coronary disease. b. coronary disease causes sleep deprivation. c. the effect of sleep deprivation on coronary disease is larger than the effect of any other factor. d. the findings are not likely to be due to chance fluctuations.

Psychology

A one-sample t test was used to see if a college ski team skied faster than the population of skiers at a popular ski resort. The resulting statistic was t.05(23) = -7.13, p < .05. What should we conclude?

a. The sample mean of the college skiers was significantly different from the population mean. b. The sample mean of the college skiers was not significantly different from the population mean. c. The null hypothesis was true. d. The sample mean was greater than the population mean.

Psychology