6: Non-Experimental Research

What type of research focuses on the statistical relationship between two variables without manipulating an independent variable?

• Non-Experimental Research

• Correlational Research

• Observational Research

• Cross-Sectional Studies

Which type of research involves recording systemic observations of behavior without manipulating anything?

• Non-Experimental Research

• Correlational Research

• Observational Research

• Cross-Sectional Studies

What is the term used to describe differences between groups that may reflect the generation people come from rather than a direct effect of age?

• Cohort Effect

• Longitudinal Studies

• Cross-Sequential Studies

• Scatterplots

Which type of studies involve following one group of people over time as they age?

• Cohort Effect

• Longitudinal Studies

• Cross-Sequential Studies

• Scatterplots

What are studies called in which researchers follow people in different age groups in a smaller period of time?

• Cohort Effect

• Longitudinal Studies

• Cross-Sequential Studies

• Scatterplots

What is a graph that presents correlations between two quantitative variables?

• Scatterplots

• Positive Relationship

• Negative Relationship

• Pearson's Correlation Coefficient

What is a relationship called in which higher scores on one variable tend to be associated with higher scores on the other?

• Scatterplots

• Positive Relationship

• Negative Relationship

• Pearson's Correlation Coefficient

What is a relationship called in which higher scores on one variable tend to be associated with lower scores on the other?

• Scatterplots

• Positive Relationship

• Negative Relationship

• Pearson's Correlation Coefficient

What is the problem called when the causal direction of the effect between two variables cannot be known?

• Restriction of Range

• Directionality Problem

• Third Variable Problem

• Spurious Correlation

What are correlations called that are a result of a third, unmeasured variable that affects both of the measured variables?

• Restriction of Range

• Directionality Problem

• Third Variable Problem

• Spurious Correlation