Chapter 3 Lecture Quiz

These could either be independent or dependent in a research study.

Pick the answer that is NOT a constant. Based on the pregnancy example from the lecture.

• women

• nausea when pregnant

• being pregnant

which variable is measured?

T or F

do we manipulate the independent variable?

• True

• False

T or F

can we measure conceptual variables?

CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER

• True

• False

• False because the machine costs too much for everyone to have

• False because no tool exist to measure conceptual variables

What vocab word relates to the question:

how will you measure that variable?

YOU MAY NEED TO SELECT MORE THAN ONE

Frequency claims are:

• counting data

• simple STATs

• How two things are connected

• an example is demographics

This claim looks at two variables at a time comparing them but does not say how they are related or if they are related.

Which claim has two or more groups, saying one variable is related to another.

• Causal claim

• Association claim

• Frequency claim

Does this question relate to reliability or validity?

Are you testing what you say you are going to test?

• reliability

• validity