Chapter 2: Reading the News

Question 1

data

Answer 1

plural word referring to a collection of numbers or other pieces of information to which meaning is attached

Question 2

Component 1 of the Several Critical Components

Answer 2

The source of the research and the source of the funding

Question 3

Component 2 of the Several Critical Components

Answer 3

The researchers who had contact with the participants

Question 4

Component 3 of the Several Critical Components

Answer 4

The individuals or objects studied and how they were selected

Question 5

Component 4 of the Several Critical Components

Answer 5

The exact nature of the measurements made or question asked

Question 6

Component 5 of the Several Critical Components

Answer 6

The setting in which the measurements were take

Question 7

Component 6 of the Several Critical Components

Answer 7

Differences in the groups being compared, in addition to the factor or variable of interest

Question 8

Component 7 of the Several Critical Components

Answer 8

The extent or size of any claimed effects or differences