Concepts and Terminology for PSCI 210 Solved with 100% Correct answers
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Course
PSCI 210
Institution
PSCI 210
Joint Method of Agreement and Difference - Answer variation on both dependent and
independent variables
Multivariate Analysis - Answer analysis with multiple explanatory variables
Probabilistic - Answer changes to the independent variable change the probability of the
dependent variable
Concepts and Terminology for PSCI 210
Solved with 100% Correct answers
Joint Method of Agreement and Difference - Answer variation on both dependent and
independent variables
Multivariate Analysis - Answer analysis with multiple explanatory variables
Probabilistic - Answer changes to the independent variable change the probability of the
dependent variable
Deterministic - Answer if the independent variable takes on a certain value, the
dependent variable will take on a value with certainty
Unit - Answer individual 'noun' for which each variable is measured
Observation - Answer individual measurement taken within a unit
Variable - Answer concept, factor, or outcome that we are interested in examining
Ordinal Variable - Answer variable with ordered categories
Nominal Variable - Answer variable with categories that do not have an intrinsic order
Dichotomous Variable - Answer variable with two categories
Interval Variable - Answer variable with meaningful distance between values
, Ratio Variable - Answer interval variable with a defined 0
Antecedent variables - Answer variables that occur before the independent and
dependent variables
Intervening variables - Answer secondary variables that impact the relationship between
IV and DV
Independent Variable - Answer measurement thought to impact another variable
Dependent Variable - Answer phenomenon thought to be caused by the independent
variable
Unit of Analysis - Answer object of study in research
Systematic effects - Answer structural bias, generalizations, population trends
Falsifiable - Answer possibility that a hypothesis can be proved false
Tautology - Answer linking two concepts that essentially mean the same thing
Parsimonious - Answer simple, explaining more using less
Replicable - Answer results should be reproducible
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