CMST 354 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Theoretical Definition, Operational Definition, Causal Inference
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1: 2. want to be able to predict future outcomes, want to be able to explain why things found are true, want to understand the universe/ natural world, control. Constant - a symbol that stands for a value that may vary. Qualitative variable - variables with no natural sense of ordering. Variables which differ in types and can"t be ordered (gender, species, etc. ) Quantitative variable - variables that differ in amounts or scale and can be ordered (weight, time, temp). Independent variable (predictor, antecedent, cause) - the variable that you have control over, what you can choose/manipulate. What will affect the dependent variable; the x Dependent variable (criterion, consequent, effect) -what you measure in the experiment and what is effected during the experiment. It is the y: intervening variable - makes connection between the variable clear when it looks like they are not connected. Can only take a finite number of values: types of relationships between variables .
