Chapter 2 Lesson 2

Examples of variables include marital status, country of residence, race, education, and favorite foods.

• True

• False

Most of the events that occur in our lives have only one cause.

• True

• False

Research methods can be divided into two categories: quantitative and qualitative.

• True

• False

Causation is the belief that events occur in random, unpredictable ways.

• True

• False

To determine a causal relationship all other potential causal factors considered and recognized and included or eliminated.

• True

• False

Research can be divided into two broad categories:

• A. surveys and questionnaires.

• B. quantitative and qualitative.

• C. populations and samples.

• D. case studies and interviews.

Assume that a researcher has determined that the more hours a student works at a job, the lower his grades in school will be. This is an example of a

• A. false hypothesis.

• B. positive correlation.

• C. negative correlation.

• D. secondary analysis.

This implies that one variable has a direct affect on the other variable.

• Correlation
• Causation

Which example shows CAUSATION?

• Stress level and desire for chocolate.
• Eating more butter and increased divorce rates.
• It started raining and the baseball game was delayed.

Which example shows CORRELATION?

• I put water in the freezer and now I have ice.
• The alarm clock went off and I woke up.
• Temperature and the amount of people at the beach.