Exam 11: More About Correlational Studies

In a correlational study, the variable that is used to predict the outcome variable is called the ______ variable.

In many studies related to ______, correlational studies are the only options because we cannot subject someone to factors that may negatively harm them for ethical reasons.

When a variable that is not of interest in a study may explain the results of a study is a ______.

Assigning one group of participants to smoke and another group not to smoke is ______.

Third-variable problem can decrease the internal validity of the study.

Important information can be gained from correlational studies about the likelihood of an event based on the relationship with another event, but this relationship may or may not be ______.

Correlational studies are designed to examine relationships between measured variables.

How are correlational studies different from quasi-experiments?

A research question that asks about the presence of behavior, how frequently it is exhibited, or whether there is a relationship between different behaviors is a ______ research question.

Unlike experiments, correlational studies cannot control for ______.

Correlational studies are used to answer descriptive and predictive research questions.

ACT/SAT scores are considered college performance predictor variables.

It is ______ that parental influences have a causal relationship with both the number of hours of TV their children watch and their grades.

In a scatter plot of a correlational study data set, each dot represents ______.

Correlational studies never involve naturalistic observations or systematic observations.

A negative relation is shown by a downward slope of the cluster of data points in a graph of the data set.

Regardless of the type of observational technique used to measure behavior, the goal of any correlational study is to examine relationships between ______ or more measures of behavior.

Of the following, the ______ represents the correlational research design.

Most of the research showing a link between smoking and long-term health in humans has involved ______ studies.

Most correlational study designs involve ______ data collection techniques.