Directions: In this chapter, there are a lot of important (and somewhat difficult) concepts that are part of research methods but are essential to know.\u00a0\u00a0 Below are two questions (each with multiple parts).\u00a0 Answer BOTH.
\u00a0
1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Understanding the logic behind cause-effect relationships is important for all students in social research methods to understand.\u00a0 This starts with being able to correctly and consistently identify independent and dependent variables and is deepened when students understand that all outcomes have multiple causes.\u00a0
\u00a0
a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Provide a complete and accurate definition for the terms: independent variable and dependent variable.
\u00a0
b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 State and identify the independent and dependent variables in the examples below:
\u00a0
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Higher levels of stress lead to an increase in weight.
\u00a0
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Higher scores on exams can be explained by the number of absences in a class.
\u00a0
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 People with high blood pressure have a higher mortality rate from COVID-19.
\u00a0
c.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For each relationship in part b, come up with an extraneous, antecedent, or intervening variable that might help explain the relationship better than the original independent variable.\u00a0 Make sure you clearly state which type of variable you are proposing and explain why it is that type of variable (extraneous, antecedent, or intervening).
\u00a0
2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Refer the sections on units of analysis to answer the next set of questions:
\u00a0
a.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Provide an accurate definition of the concept unit of analysis.
\u00a0
b.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For each study listed below, identify the unit of analysis.
\u00a0
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rates of positive COVID19 tests for each county within West Virginia.
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Economic inequality between nations around the world.
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Attitudes of white people towards Black Lives Matter.
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Support for the legalization of marijuana among age groups from 18-76 broken into 5-year intervals. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Directions: In this chapter, there are a lot of important (and somewhat difficult) concepts that are part of research methods but are essential to know.\u00a0\u00a0 Below are two questions (each with multiple parts).\u00a0 Answer BOTH. \u00a0 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Understanding the logic behind cause-effect relationships is important for all students in social research methods to understand.\u00a0 This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-9849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-paper-writing","tag-sociology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}