Cause and Effect Flashcard

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NOT a reverse cause-and-effect: Number of firemen & fires, coffee & anxiety, answers in class & marks.

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Leadership ability & academic achievement.

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Increasing force when throwing an object increases its travel distance. Decreasing gas pressure increases its volume. These are examples of...

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Cause-and-Effect Relationship

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Accidental relationship example:

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Ice cream sales, coincidental drowning deaths

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Causal relationship: Job offers from a hospital rise as nursing program graduates increase.

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Presumed Relationship

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Example of a presumed relationship:

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People's fitness level, adventure movies watched.

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Change in X affects Y variable.

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Cause-and Effect Relationship

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NOT a common-cause factor:

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Sales of cell phones, ozone levels

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Change in Y affects X variable.

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Reverse Cause-and Effect Relationship

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Correlation exists between two variables without cause-and-effect:

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Accidental Relationship

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Effect of extraneous variables in a study can be removed by:

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Comparison with a control group