Ch 2: Studying Sex and Gender
Questions And Answers
between-groupsvariances-sCORRECTssANSWER-
thesdifferencesbetweensthesaveragesvaluessforseachsgroupsinsasstudy
dsstatistics-sCORRECTssANSWER-
anseffectssizesstatisticsthatsexpressessthesmagnitudesandsdirectionsofsasdifferencesbetweens
groupsmeans,sorsofsthesstrengthsofsassociationsbetweensvariables,sinsstandardizedsunits
dependentsvariables-sCORRECTssANSWER-
ansoutcomesvariablesinsansexperiment;sthesoneshypothesizedstoschangesassasresultsofsmani
pulationsofsansindependentsvariable
effectssizes-sCORRECTssANSWER-
asquantitativesmeasuresofsthesmagnitudesandsdirectionsofsasdifferencesbetweensgroupssorso
fsthessamesstrengthsofsasrelationshipsbetweensvariables
exspostsfactosdesigns-sCORRECTssANSWER-
asnonexperimentalsdesignsinswhichsparticipantssaresassignedstosconditionssonsthesbasissofs
aspreexistingsparticipantsvariablesandscomparedsonssomesdependentsvariable
experiments-sCORRECTssANSWER-
astypesofsresearchsdesignsinswhichsasresearcherssystematicallysmanipulatessatsleastsonesin
dependentsvariablestosobserveswhethersthisscausesschangessinsatsleastsonesdependentsvar
iable
gendersdiagnosticitys(GD)sscores-sCORRECTssANSWER-
thesestimatedsprobabilitysthatsansindividualsissmalesorsfemalesgivensthesindividual'ssgender-
relatedsinterests
generalizabilitys-sCORRECTssANSWER-
thesextentstoswhichsthesfindingssofsasstudyswouldsapplysbeyondsthessamplesinsthesoriginalsst
udystostheslargerspopulation
Questions And Answers
between-groupsvariances-sCORRECTssANSWER-
thesdifferencesbetweensthesaveragesvaluessforseachsgroupsinsasstudy
dsstatistics-sCORRECTssANSWER-
anseffectssizesstatisticsthatsexpressessthesmagnitudesandsdirectionsofsasdifferencesbetweens
groupsmeans,sorsofsthesstrengthsofsassociationsbetweensvariables,sinsstandardizedsunits
dependentsvariables-sCORRECTssANSWER-
ansoutcomesvariablesinsansexperiment;sthesoneshypothesizedstoschangesassasresultsofsmani
pulationsofsansindependentsvariable
effectssizes-sCORRECTssANSWER-
asquantitativesmeasuresofsthesmagnitudesandsdirectionsofsasdifferencesbetweensgroupssorso
fsthessamesstrengthsofsasrelationshipsbetweensvariables
exspostsfactosdesigns-sCORRECTssANSWER-
asnonexperimentalsdesignsinswhichsparticipantssaresassignedstosconditionssonsthesbasissofs
aspreexistingsparticipantsvariablesandscomparedsonssomesdependentsvariable
experiments-sCORRECTssANSWER-
astypesofsresearchsdesignsinswhichsasresearcherssystematicallysmanipulatessatsleastsonesin
dependentsvariablestosobserveswhethersthisscausesschangessinsatsleastsonesdependentsvar
iable
gendersdiagnosticitys(GD)sscores-sCORRECTssANSWER-
thesestimatedsprobabilitysthatsansindividualsissmalesorsfemalesgivensthesindividual'ssgender-
relatedsinterests
generalizabilitys-sCORRECTssANSWER-
thesextentstoswhichsthesfindingssofsasstudyswouldsapplysbeyondsthessamplesinsthesoriginalsst
udystostheslargerspopulation