TEST 1 PART 5

Question 1

The variable measured, predicted, or otherwise monitored by the researcher; expected to be affected by a manipulation of the independent variable; a.k.a. criterion variable.

Answer 1

Dependent Variable (DV)

Question 2

A factor that affects the observed phenomenon but cannot be seen, measured, or manipulated; thus its effect must be inferred from the effects of the independent and moderating variables on the dependent variable.

Answer 2

Intervening Variable (IVV)

Question 3

A variable introduced to help interpret the relationship between variables.

Answer 3

Control Variables (CV)

Question 4

Two or more variables that are confounded when their effects on a response variable cannot be distinguished from each other.

Answer 4

Confounding Variables (CFV)

Question 5

A proposition formulated for empirical testing; a tentative descriptive statement that describes the relationship between two or more variables.

Answer 5

Hypothesis

Question 6

Describes the relationship between two variables with respect to some case; relationships are correlational or explanatory.

Answer 6

Relational Hypothesis

Question 7

A statement indicating that variables occur together in some specified manner without implying that one causes the other.

Answer 7

Correlational Hypothesis

Question 8

A statement that describes a relationship between two variables in which one variable leads to a specified effect on the other variable.

Answer 8

Explanatory/Causal Hypothesis

Question 9

A set of systematically interrelated concepts, definitions, and propositions that are advanced to explain or predict phenomena (facts); the generalizations we make about variables and the relationships among variables.

Answer 9

Theory