Dr. sanderson is curious as to whether exposing people to violent video games causes them to be more aggressive. she assigns half her participants to play a violent video game for 5 minutes and the other half to play the same game for 25 minutes. afterward, she has them play a board game and has a well-trained coder determine whether they are very aggressive in their playing style, barely aggressive, or not at all aggressive. she finds that a vast majority of her participants, regardless of group assignment, are rated as very aggressive. this outcome would be known as a(n) floor effect ceiling effect weak manipulation outlier

The city of bridgedale issued a new recruitment publication for its fire service. the publication lists all of the qualifications needed to become a firefighter. this recruitment pamphlet can be best categorized as a(n)

Which situation is most likely to show a constant rate of change?

Martin is managing a production line in a manufacturing plant in the midwest. martin has a quality and productivity problem in one part of the manufacturing process. he discovers that his workers aren't sure what to do. when he asks why they didn't ask questions, the universal reply is, "we midwesterners don't ask questions, we just do." martin decides to address this problem by offering recognition rewards for anyone who asks the most job-related questions each month that lead to process improvements. unfortunately, martin finds the program doesn't work. when he further questions his workers, he discovers that no one wants to be the first to ask questions. as a group, workers still feel that they should figure it out on their own and not ask questions. martin finds carmen, one of the workers that everyone else admires, and talks her into being the first to ask questions as part of the program. after about a month, several other people begin to submit questions, and soon everyone in the plant is asking questions. refer to case 6.1. martin's plan failed initially because he didn't consider the power of on attitudes.