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Return to Approaches to Social Research 6e Student Resources
Chapter 04 True/False Quiz
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In a study of one hundred U.S. cities examining the crime rate and the number of people on welfare, the unit of analysis is the individual.
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An ecological fallacy may occur when researchers assume that what holds true of a group also holds true of individuals within the group.
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A dependent variable also may be called a predictor variable.
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One aim of research design is to control as many extraneous variables as is feasible.
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A negative correlation means that there is no association between two variables.
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Statistical significance indicates the strength of the association between variables.
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Direction of influence may be determined by which variable is fixed, permanent, or less alterable than the other.
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A relationship is spurious when an association between the variables is the result of a common cause.
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Broh's research questions about the effects of extracurricular activities were "interesting" because they extended research in new directions.
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The proposition "education is related to prejudice" specifies the nature and form of a hypothesized relationship.
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