Study questions for Quiz 1

Study questions for Quiz 1

 

What is the definition of social research given in class?

 

What is the difference between idiographic and nomothetic research?

 

What is a hypothesis?

 

Which variables are designated by the letters X and Y repectively?

 

What is the difference between an independent and a dependent variable?

 

What distinguishes the levels of measurement?

 

What is the difference between the strength and direction of a relationship?

 

What makes a relationship in a table positive or negative?

 

Which measures of association are to be used in which situations?