PSYC 201W Study Guide - Final Guide: Dependent And Independent Variables, Causal Model, Vocab (Song)
4 Apr 2018
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Attempts to identify cause and effect relationship by conducting controlled experiments. Focuses on describing some phenomenon, event or situation. Categorical variable a variable that varies by type or kind. Dependent variable the variables influenced by one or more independent variables. The variable that is manipulated by the experimenter. A variable that varies by degree or amount. Changes in one variable produce changes in another variable. A variable that competes with the independent variable as the variable that explains the outcome. A variable that occurs in-between two other variables in a causal chain. Variable that changes or moderates the relationship between other variables. A b (but only with the presence of another variable) The objective observation of phenomena which are made to occur in a strictly controlled situation in which one or more factors are varied and others are kept constant. An experimental research study that is conducted in a real-life situation.
