Kirk conducts an experiment designed to answer the question, "Do boys have higher self-confidence than girls?" What experimental flaw did Kirk make?

a) No one had informed consent.

b) There is no way for random assignment to occur.

c) There is no way for random selection.

d) There is no way to define a population.

e) The term "self-confidence" cannot be defined.

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Janae Wright

15 September, 09:39

Kirk conducts an experiment designed to answer the question, "Do boys have higher self-confidence than girls?" What experimental flaw did Kirk make?

a) No one had informed consent.

b) There is no way for random assignment to occur.

c) There is no way for random selection.

d) There is no way to define a population.

e) The term "self-confidence" cannot be defined.

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Avery Mercado · Answer 1

I think the correct answer would be the term "self-confidence" cannot be defined. Yes, it has a definition in the dictionary. However, people's perception of such varies greatly it differ from one to another. This would be hard to evaluate and to set clear criteria for the research of such topic.