Lesson 4

Question 1

expect variable X to cause variable Y

Answer 1

Causality

Question 2

third variables that may
actually be the cause

Answer 2

confounding variables

Question 3

True experiements test

Answer 3

causal claims

Question 4

Correlation analysis and surveys test

Answer 4

hypothesized associations

Question 5

characteristic of an individual or group that
can be measured or observed

Answer 5

variable

Question 6

Variables may have___, be___, or ____

Answer 6

temporalorder;measuarble, observable

Question 7

Variables that probably cause outcomes

Answer 7

IV

Question 8

Used to predict outcome of interest in survey method
studies

Answer 8

Predictor

Question 9

The outcomes that depend on the independent
variables

Answer 9

DV

Question 10

Result or outcome of interest in survey method studies

Answer 10

Outcome

Question 11

Share properties with dependent variables

Answer 11

Outcome

Question 12

Variables that stand between the independent and
dependent variables and transmit the effects

Answer 12

mediating

Question 13

Predictor variables that affect the relationship between
independent and predictor variables

Answer 13

Moderating

Question 14

is a scientific prediction or explanation of what
the researcher expects to find

Answer 14

Theory

Question 15

Interrelated set of constructs or variables

Answer 15

Theory

Question 16

predictive statement that is tested

Answer 16

Hypothesis

Question 17

Theory emerges from

Answer 17

testing hypotheses over and over

Question 18

limited to a small segment of time,
place or number of people

Answer 18

Micro-level theories

Question 19

Link micro-level and macro-level
theories

Answer 19

Meso-level theories

Question 20

explain larger scales, for example
the entire society

Answer 20

Macro Level theories

Question 21

These are interconnected and
demonstrate a process

Answer 21

Set of hypotheses

Question 22

These explain why
one would expect an independent variable to
influence or cause a dependent variable

Answer 22

Series of If-then statements

Question 23

These allow the reader to visualize
the interconnections between the variables

Answer 23

Visual Model

Question 24

overall
orienting lens for question of gender, class, and race

Answer 24

theoretical lens

Question 25

Studies with cultural themes or theoretical lens where is the theory

Answer 25

opening passage

Question 26

Studies with an emerging design of qualitative inquiry where is the theory

Answer 26

beginning

Question 27

Studies grounded theory. where is the theory located

Answer 27

at the end (derived inductively)