What can help remove the effect of extraneous variables in a study?

Comparison with a control group

Which are/is the example(s) of Correlation but NOT Causation relationship? (more than one answer)

A positive correlation is observed between blood pressure and income among American men aged 18 to 54 .

Ice cream sales peak during the summer months and cases of heat stroke increase during the summer

High positive correlation between the number of storks sighted and the number of births in a European city.

Traffic congestion has a strong correlation with the number of urban expressways.

There is the difference between a common-cause factor and an extraneous variable.

Yes. An external variable causes two variables to change in the same way compare to changing in the one variable: the dependent or the independent variable.

Yes. An external variable causes two variables to change in the same way

No. An external variable causes two variables to change in the same way.

No. It affect either the dependent or the independent variable. It means external rather than irrelevant.

An improvement based on expectations, beliefs, or emotions rather than a medical or chemical effect.

Refers to the selective publication of research studies based on their results. Here, studies with positive findings are more likely to be published than studies with negative findings.

A behavioral change that results from subjects who know that they are participating in a study.

What are/is the characteristics of experimental group and control group? More than one answer is possible)

Experimental group and control group used to determine the effect of extraneous variables.

The difference between the experimental group and control group is that the experimental group receives the treatment being studied, while the control group does not.

Those two groups cannot be similar.

Independent variable will vary for experimental group and control group.

Which of the following statements shows a relationship that is correlated but not causal?

The increase of warm, sunny days and the number of ice cream vendors visible.

The amount of rainfall received and level of water in the lake.

The number of lights left on each day and the amount of the electric bill.

The number of hours worked and how much money is made.

Which of the following statements shows a relationship that is correlated but not causal?

The season of the year and the number of water related injuries/deaths.

The number of lateness to class and the number of detentions received.

As the temperature rises, more the mercury in a thermometer will expand and rise.

The larger the dimensions of a rectangular patio, the more square footage there will be.

Which statement below might be caused by the statement, "The more the furnace runs..."?

the less time individuals will spend outside

the longer you will have to let your car warm up

Consider a large number of countries around the world. There is a positive correlation between the number of Nintendo games per person x and the average life expectancy y. Does this mean that we could increase the life expectancy in Rwanda by shipping Nintendo games to that country?

No: the positive correlation just shows that richer countries have both more Nintendos and higher life expectancies.

Yes: the correlation says that as Nintendos go up, so does life expectancy.

Yes: positive correlation means that if we increase x, then y will also increase.

It makes no sense to calculate correlation between these variables.

No: if the correlation were negative we could accept that conclusion, but this correlation is positive.

Which of the following statements shows a causal relationship and not just a correlated one?

The number of minutes spent exercising and the amount of calories burned.

As a child's weight increases so does her vocabulary.

A decrease in temperature and the increase in attendance at an ice skating rink.

An individual's decision to work in construction and his diagnosis of skin cancer.

Cause and Effect Quiz

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT an example of a reverse cause-and-effect relationship?

Number of firemen and number of fires

Amount of coffee consumed by university students and levels of anxiety

Leadership ability and academic achievement.

The number of answers provided by students during class discussions and their marks.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

• Increasing the force by which an object is thrown increases the distance it travels.
• Decreasing the pressure on a gas increases its volume.
Those are examples of ...

Accidental Relationship

Cause-and-Effect Relationship

Common-Cause Factor

Presumed Relationship

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of an accidental relationship?

Score on a geometry test, score on an algebra test

Size of corn harvest, size of apple harvest

Prices of butter, prices of motorcycles

Ice cream sales, coincidental drowning deaths

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Identify the most likely type of causal relationship between each of the following pairs of variables:
The number of job offers from a hospital increases at the same time as more students graduate from nursing programs at two local colleges

Cause-and-Effect Relationship

Common-Cause Factor

Accidental Relationship

Presumed Relationship

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an example of a presumed relationship?

People's level of fitness, number of adventure movies they watched

Increase in speed of production, increase in the number of items produced

Rate of chemical reaction, temperature

Income, number of CDs purchased

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term used for a change in X variable produces a change in Y variable?

Common-Cause Factor

Reverse Cause-and Effect Relationship

Accidental Relationship

Cause-and Effect Relationship

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CCSS.HSS.ID.C.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT an example of a common-cause factor?

Sales of cell phones, ozone levels

The number of umbrella sales and the number of highway accidents.

As child's weight increases so does her vocabulary.

Increase in parking fees at the public beach, increase in local tomato harvest

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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Cause and Effect Quiz

40 questions

Which of the following is NOT an example of a reverse cause-and-effect relationship?

• Increasing the force by which an object is thrown increases the distance it travels.
• Decreasing the pressure on a gas increases its volume.
Those are examples of ...

Which of the following is an example of an accidental relationship?

Identify the most likely type of causal relationship between each of the following pairs of variables:
The number of job offers from a hospital increases at the same time as more students graduate from nursing programs at two local colleges

Which of the following is an example of a presumed relationship?

What is the term used for a change in X variable produces a change in Y variable?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a common-cause factor?

What is the term used for a change in Y variable produces a change in X variable?

A correlation exists between two variables, even though there is no cause-and-effect relationship. This is...

What can help remove the effect of extraneous variables in a study?

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• Increasing the force by which an object is thrown increases the distance it travels. • Decreasing the pressure on a gas increases its volume. Those are examples of ...

Which of the following is an example of an accidental relationship?

Identify the most likely type of causal relationship between each of the following pairs of variables: The number of job offers from a hospital increases at the same time as more students graduate from nursing programs at two local colleges

Which of the following is an example of a presumed relationship?

What is the term used for a change in X variable produces a change in Y variable?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a common-cause factor?

What is the term used for a change in Y variable produces a change in X variable?

A correlation exists between two variables, even though there is no cause-and-effect relationship. This is...

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• Increasing the force by which an object is thrown increases the distance it travels.
• Decreasing the pressure on a gas increases its volume.
Those are examples of ...

Identify the most likely type of causal relationship between each of the following pairs of variables:
The number of job offers from a hospital increases at the same time as more students graduate from nursing programs at two local colleges