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EDUC 750 chp 6 Research Design and Data Collection Questions with Correct Answers.
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EDUC 750 chp 6 Research Design and Data CollectionQuestions with Correct Answers
association Correct Answer-sometimes called correlation,
Ceteris Paribus Correct Answer-a Latin phrase that means "all other
things held constant"
cohort Correct Answer-a group of people from a given time period
cohort design Correct Answer-a longitudinal study in which data are
collected at two or more points in time from individuals in a cohort
context Correct Answer-focus on the idiographic causal explanation; a
particular outcome is understood as part of a larger set of interrelation
circumstance
context effects Correct Answer-occur in a survey when one or more
questions influence how subsequent questions are interpreted.
cross-sectional research design Correct Answer-a study in which data
are collected at only one point in time
ecological fallacy Correct Answer-an error in reasoning in which
incorrect conclusions about individual-level processes are drawn from
group-level data
, Event-based design (cohort study) Correct Answer-a type of longitudinal
study in which data are collected at two or more points in time from
individuals in a cohort
extraneous variable Correct 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
Fixed-sample panel design (panel study) Correct 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.
longitudinal research design Correct 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
mechanism Correct Answer-a discernible process that creates a causal
connection between two variables
Nonspuriousness Correct 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.
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