2004, Question 1 · 8 points
Critiquing a study of stress and illness
Given a flawed study linking athletes' stress to sick days, the student names the method, states both operational definitions, judges its ethics, picks a statistic to show the relationship, and explains why the causal claim fails.
This exam had two free-response questions to answer in 50 minutes, together worth one third of the total grade, and the scoring guidelines give each question 8 points. The current exam has 2 free-response questions in 70 minutes. The skills these questions practice still count.
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