SOC 201 Chapter 5: Chapter 5.8
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Consider the following hypothesis, which posits a positive relationship between eating and weight: The relationship between eating and weight is a positive one because these two variables vary in the same direction. That is, the more you eat, the more you weigh; and the less you eat, the less you weigh. Now consider this hypothesis, which posits a negative relationship between exercise and weight: The relationship between exercise and weight is a negative one because these two variables vary in opposite directions. That is, the more you exercise, the less you weigh; and the less you exercise, the more you weigh. In the abstract, positive relationships look like this: Independent variable dependent variable or this. That is, as the independent variable goes faster, or gets bigger, or becomes more important, the dependent variable goes faster, or gets bigger, or becomes more important.
