Haley reads in a magazine that people who drink five cups of coffee a day are smarter and more productive than people who do not drink coffee. She does not drink coffee but is now considering drinking coffee every day. Which of the following information does she need to consider before making this decision?

a. Media tends to avoid drawing causal conclusions from correlational studies.

b. Just as we can generalize from a small group to all people, we also can apply conclusions from a group to an individual.

c. Media reports of information often leave out details about the nature of the sample used in a given study.

d. Quality of research and findings is uniform among all psychology journals.

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Foley

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14 October, 21:29

Haley reads in a magazine that people who drink five cups of coffee a day are smarter and more productive than people who do not drink coffee. She does not drink coffee but is now considering drinking coffee every day. Which of the following information does she need to consider before making this decision?

a. Media tends to avoid drawing causal conclusions from correlational studies.

b. Just as we can generalize from a small group to all people, we also can apply conclusions from a group to an individual.

c. Media reports of information often leave out details about the nature of the sample used in a given study.

d. Quality of research and findings is uniform among all psychology journals.

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Moshe Haas · Answer 1

c. Media reports of information often leave out details about the nature of the sample used in a given study.

Explanation:

Here Haley rushes to make conclusions based on what she read from the magazine without considering the missing information from the reports in the magazine - no information on how study was conducted such as the nature of sample used in the study to make conclusions that people who drink coffee are smarter than people who don't.