Dr. Oswald conducts a study examining the relationship between the number of friends one has and the experience of daily stress and life satisfaction. She randomly samples 1,500 elderly men and women in the Memphis, Tennessee, area in the southern United States. Below are her findings. < Life satisfaction and experience of daily stress: r = -.57 ( p = .01) < Number of friends one has and experience of daily stress: r = .09, not sig. < Number of friends one has and life satisfaction: r = .36 ( p = .04) In evaluating Dr. Oswald’s study, you question the construct validity of the study. Which of the following questions would you be asking?

Which of the following was a key accomplishment of the people of songhai? a. they had a strong military and became the largest empire in west africa. b. they established a center of islamic scholarship. c. they worked with iron and prospered from the gold-salt trade. d. they dominated in the trade of ivory, enslaved people, and animal skins.

Aresearcher conducting behavioral research collects individually identifiable sensitive information about illicit drug use and other illegal behaviors by surveying college students. one of the subjects is in an automobile accident two weeks after participating in the research study. is this an example of an unanticipated problem that requires reporting to the irb? yes, this must be reported because it was not listed as a risk of study participation in the consent form (was unexpected) and the subject experienced harm. yes, this must be reported because it involved a subject in a research study and it’s up to the irb to determine if it was related to participation. no, this does not need to be reported because it was assessed by the researcher as unrelated to the research study. no, this does not need to be reported to the irb since the researcher reported it to the sponsor of the study.

Why do all market economies have taxes to support armed forces police forces public schools and at least some form of public transportation?