RESEARCH STUDY 5.2
Dr. Sheffield is a clinical psychologist who specializes in treating pathological gambling. Pathological gambling is defined as being unable to resist impulses to gamble. Bothered by not having a good measure that he can give to clients to determine whether they are suffering from this condition, he creates a new measure of pathological gambling. The measure has 15 questions and it takes 20 minutes to complete.
-Refer to Research Study 5.2 above to answer the following question. To test his measure,Dr.Sheffield gives his measure to a group of people in GA and another group in AA.He finds that people in the GA group have higher scores on his new measure than people in the AA group.This procedure is known as a:

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The procedure of comparing scores of two groups known to differ on the construct being measured (in this case, pathological gambling) is known as the known-groups paradigm. In this study, Dr. Sheffield compares the scores of the GA group (Gamblers Anonymous) and the AA group (Alcoholics Anonymous) to see whether his measure can differentiate between the two groups known to have different levels of gambling problems.

RESEARCH STUDY 5.2 Dr. Sheffield Is a Clinical Psychologist Who Specializes in Treating