EDUC 750 chp 6 Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: association
Answer: sometimes called correlation,
Question 2: Ceteris Paribus
Answer: a Latin phrase that means "all other things held constant"
Question 3: cohort
Answer: a group of people from a given time period
Question 4: cohort design
Answer: a longitudinal study in which data are collected at two or more points in time from individuals in a
cohort
Question 5: context
Answer: focus on the idiographic causal explanation; a particular outcome is understood as part of a larger
set of interrelation circumstance
Question 6: context effects
Answer: occur in a survey when one or more questions influence how subsequent questions are interpreted.
Question 7: cross-sectional research design
Answer: a study in which data are collected at only one point in time
Question 8: ecological fallacy
Answer: an error in reasoning in which incorrect conclusions about individual-level processes are drawn
from group-level data
Question 9: Event-based design (cohort study)
Answer: a type of longitudinal study in which data are collected at two or more points in time from
individuals in a cohort
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, Question 10: extraneous variable
Answer: a variable that influences both the independent and dependent variables so as to create a spurious
(false) association between them that disappears when the extraneous variable is controlled
Question 11: Fixed-sample panel design (panel study)
Answer: A type of longitudinal study in which data are collected from the same individuals—the panel—at
two or more points in time. In another type of panel design, panel members who leave are replaced with
new members.
Question 12: longitudinal research design
Answer: a study in which data are collected that can be ordered in time; also defined as research in which
data are collected at two or more points in time
Question 13: mechanism
Answer: a discernible process that creates a causal connection between two variables
Question 14: Nonspuriousness
Answer: A criterion for establishing a causal relation between two variables; when a relationship between
two variables is not caused by variation in a third variable.
Question 15: random assignment
Answer: a procedure that lets chance assign people to the experimental or control group
Question 16: reductionist fallacy (reductionism)
Answer: an error in reasoning that occurs when incorrect conclusions about group-level processes are based
on individual-level data
Question 17: Repeated cross-sectional design (trend study)
Answer: a longitudinal study in which data are collected at two or more points in time from different
samples of the same population
Question 18: spurious realtionship
Answer: a relationship between two variables that is due to variation in a third variable
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Question 1: association
Answer: sometimes called correlation,
Question 2: Ceteris Paribus
Answer: a Latin phrase that means "all other things held constant"
Question 3: cohort
Answer: a group of people from a given time period
Question 4: cohort design
Answer: a longitudinal study in which data are collected at two or more points in time from individuals in a
cohort
Question 5: context
Answer: focus on the idiographic causal explanation; a particular outcome is understood as part of a larger
set of interrelation circumstance
Question 6: context effects
Answer: occur in a survey when one or more questions influence how subsequent questions are interpreted.
Question 7: cross-sectional research design
Answer: a study in which data are collected at only one point in time
Question 8: ecological fallacy
Answer: an error in reasoning in which incorrect conclusions about individual-level processes are drawn
from group-level data
Question 9: Event-based design (cohort study)
Answer: a type of longitudinal study in which data are collected at two or more points in time from
individuals in a cohort
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, Question 10: extraneous variable
Answer: a variable that influences both the independent and dependent variables so as to create a spurious
(false) association between them that disappears when the extraneous variable is controlled
Question 11: Fixed-sample panel design (panel study)
Answer: A type of longitudinal study in which data are collected from the same individuals—the panel—at
two or more points in time. In another type of panel design, panel members who leave are replaced with
new members.
Question 12: longitudinal research design
Answer: a study in which data are collected that can be ordered in time; also defined as research in which
data are collected at two or more points in time
Question 13: mechanism
Answer: a discernible process that creates a causal connection between two variables
Question 14: Nonspuriousness
Answer: A criterion for establishing a causal relation between two variables; when a relationship between
two variables is not caused by variation in a third variable.
Question 15: random assignment
Answer: a procedure that lets chance assign people to the experimental or control group
Question 16: reductionist fallacy (reductionism)
Answer: an error in reasoning that occurs when incorrect conclusions about group-level processes are based
on individual-level data
Question 17: Repeated cross-sectional design (trend study)
Answer: a longitudinal study in which data are collected at two or more points in time from different
samples of the same population
Question 18: spurious realtionship
Answer: a relationship between two variables that is due to variation in a third variable
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