Chapter 6
If we are looking at how age affects memory, then memory is the _______ variable.
Dependent
The following is an example of: "People from the South speak slower than people from the North."
Directional hypothesis
T/F A directional hypothesis tells us that we must consider a result that could occur on either end of a distribution - thus it is two-tailed.
False
An operational definition is:
How we plan to measure and/or observe a concept or variable of interest
an operational definition is
How we plan to measure and/or observe a concept or variable of interest
What form of relationship is in the following hypothesis? H1: The more people watch soap operas, the more extra-marital affairs they will have.
Positive linear
A null hypothesis
Shows there is no relationship between the variables shows there is no relationship between the variables
The numeric subscript on RQ1 refers to:
The number of the research question used
T/F A quality research question and/or hypothesis begins with a solid conceptual definition.
True
T/F A question is simply a search for an answer to why something happens
True
The difference between constructs and variables is that
constructs are conceptual or theoretical, while variables are observable
A directional hypothesis tells us that we must consider a result that could occur on either end of a distribution - thus it is two-tailed.
false
If we are looking at how marital status affects movie-going habits, then marital status is the _________.
independent vairable
A research hypothesis is always contrasted with a _________________.
null hypothesis
Abductive reasoning is
reasoning from the data to the best explanation of the data given the data
Variance is
the extent to which a variable varies
Independent variables are ________, while dependent variables are ________.
the predictor or cause variables ; the variables that are predicted or the outcome variable