Chapter 6

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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


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