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CMN 12Y MIDTERM 2025 BRAND NEW ACTUAL
EXAM WITH ANSWERS.
What is Categorical Data - ...(ANSWERS)....has levels that vary in quality or kind
ex. measuring as infant, child, adolescent, adult
What is Continuous Data? - ...(ANSWERS)....has values that indicate a quality or
amount
ex. measure age in years, months, days
Predictor Variable - ...(ANSWERS)....discovering relationships between variables
Outcome Variable - ...(ANSWERS)....the ending result.
What goes first in a time sequence? - ...(ANSWERS)....the predictor variable must
come before the outcome variable
Independent Variable (predictor) - ...(ANSWERS)....the variable that is controlled
or manipulated
Dependent variable (outcome) - ...(ANSWERS)....The measurable effect, outcome,
or response in which the research is interested.
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What is a causal relationship? - ...(ANSWERS)....Where one thing caues another
thing to occur. i.e. Dropping the cost of iPads and the sales of iPads increase
predictor variable is under the experimenters control and is manipulated
Associative research - ...(ANSWERS)....Research exploring associative
relationships between variables where both variables are measured and neither
are manipulated (changed) by the experimenter.
Example of Associative Research - ...(ANSWERS)....Student's effort on Try it! 1
was recorded as either Attempted or Not Attempted
Student's grade on LabQuiz 1 was recorded as the number of correct answers
endorsed (score)
A associative relationship was discovered. The students who had used the tutorial
scored an average of 71% while the students who had not used the tutorial
scored an average of 39%.
What is Experimental Research - ...(ANSWERS)....explores causal relationships
between variables.
The predictor variable is manipulated by the experimenter and the outcome is
measured.
CMN 12Y MIDTERM 2025 BRAND NEW ACTUAL
EXAM WITH ANSWERS.
What is Categorical Data - ...(ANSWERS)....has levels that vary in quality or kind
ex. measuring as infant, child, adolescent, adult
What is Continuous Data? - ...(ANSWERS)....has values that indicate a quality or
amount
ex. measure age in years, months, days
Predictor Variable - ...(ANSWERS)....discovering relationships between variables
Outcome Variable - ...(ANSWERS)....the ending result.
What goes first in a time sequence? - ...(ANSWERS)....the predictor variable must
come before the outcome variable
Independent Variable (predictor) - ...(ANSWERS)....the variable that is controlled
or manipulated
Dependent variable (outcome) - ...(ANSWERS)....The measurable effect, outcome,
or response in which the research is interested.
, 2
What is a causal relationship? - ...(ANSWERS)....Where one thing caues another
thing to occur. i.e. Dropping the cost of iPads and the sales of iPads increase
predictor variable is under the experimenters control and is manipulated
Associative research - ...(ANSWERS)....Research exploring associative
relationships between variables where both variables are measured and neither
are manipulated (changed) by the experimenter.
Example of Associative Research - ...(ANSWERS)....Student's effort on Try it! 1
was recorded as either Attempted or Not Attempted
Student's grade on LabQuiz 1 was recorded as the number of correct answers
endorsed (score)
A associative relationship was discovered. The students who had used the tutorial
scored an average of 71% while the students who had not used the tutorial
scored an average of 39%.
What is Experimental Research - ...(ANSWERS)....explores causal relationships
between variables.
The predictor variable is manipulated by the experimenter and the outcome is
measured.
