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What is the dependent variable?
What is this an example of?
Study group 9/28
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What is this an example of?
Cross Sectional
Cohort
Longitudinal (Repeated Cross Sectional)
Longitudinal (Panel)
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What is the dependent variable?
type of soda
diet soda
weight
blood sugar levels
3
variance is the square root of standard deviation
True
False
4
Likert scales are
ordinal
ratio
nominal
interval
5
Which of these is NOT a criteria for causation?
moderating variable
causal direction
not spurious
correlation
6
This is an example of _____________
Cross Sectional
Longitudinal (Panel)
Repeated Cross Sectional
alien invasion
7
Devah Pager reading: what is the moderator?
incarceration record
race
employment record
age
8
____________
is
a variable that modifies the relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable.
Moderator
Mediator
Oski
Confounding Variable
9
Standardized test scores (IQ, SAT), socio-economic status (SES)
ordinal
interval
ratio
nominal
10
which two are considered continuous?
nominal and ordinal
interval and ratio
ratio and nominal
ordinal and interval
11
Is this induction?
True
False
12
name categories. there is no logical way of ordering categories or measuring the distance between categories
interval
nominal
ratio
ordinal
13
Which of these is NOT a type of central tendency?
mean
skew
median
mode
14
Which two are categorical?
ordinal and nominal
interval and ratio
nominal and interval
nominal and ratio
15
Which two levels of measurement are typically for the variables in a cross tabulation?
nominal and ordinal
interval and ratio
ordinal and interval
ordinal and ratio
16
Nominal variables do NOT have a median
False
True
17
X is a mediator?
False
True
18
Which of these is an example of an attribute?
age
Catholic
religion
political party
19
Which is the independent variable?
type of phone
none of the above
phone use before bedtime
sleep
20
What is the mode for gender?
female
male
gender
4
21
describes what is happening to one variable
bivariate analysis
t-test
Chi Squared test
univariate analysis
22
A true zero point exists
interval
ordinal
ratio
nominal
23
What is the dependent variable?
none of the above
socio-economic status
choice in college
number of younger siblings
24
This is an example of a _______
nominal
interval
ratio
ordinal
25
Correlations usually involve
ratio and nominal
interval and ratio
nominal and ordinal
interval and ordinal
26
______________________ is a variable that links the independent variable to the dependent variable.
Mediator
Constant
Confounding Variable
Moderator
27
A third variable is usually used to help define the role
False
True
28
What is the dependent variable?
brand of popcorn
number of kernels popped
money
microwave
29
Dependent variable = a variable (often denoted by
x
) whose variation does not depend on that of another.
False
True
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What is the independent variable?
rise in sea level
type of algae
ocean temperature
number of algae
