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The______ refers to the entire group of individuals about whom you wish to draw conclusions.
population
Nominal and ordinal variables are also called ___ variables.
categorical
A group of subjects to whom no experimental stimulus is administered and who should resemble the experimental group in all other respects is called the ___ group
control
___data is a term to describe a type of data which consists of observations on a single characteristic or attribute (example: loneliness at CHS)
univariate
The ___ refers to the group of people from which you will be collecting data.
sample
A ____ variable cannot be subdivided. Usually counts of items, e.g., soccer score, number of children, cars.
discrete
Experiments- “do something” and have a control group the “do something” is called a ____
treatment
___between 2 variables means one variable helps predict the other
assosiation
A ____ attempts to measure every individual in the population
census
Name two examples of continuous variables
temperature, weight, speed....
Secondary data analysis is ?
when researchers Skip data gathering and use data that already exists to analyze
____between 2 variables means we can measure the direction and strength of the relationship
correlaion
In _____ sampling each member of the population has an equal chance of being selected for the sample
probability (random)
A variable that is the presumed cause or affecting variable is called the ___ variable
independent or explanatory
Name 3 ways to gather data
Give an example of multivariate data
many possible answers
To accept something as real or true, it must be logical and ____ supported (supported with evidence DATA COLLECTION and DATA ANALYSIS)
empirically
___ and ___ variables are always discrete
Nominal and ordinal
the ___ effect is a type of human behavior reactivity in which individuals modify an aspect of their behavior in response to their awareness of being observed
hawthorne
Name 2 criteria for causality
-the variables must be correlated, explanatory must take place before response, the relationship is nonspurious