FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Dependent And Independent Variables, Research Question, Patrilocal Residence

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 1020
• Professor: Ruth Neustifter

Document Summary

Textbook: families across the life course by james m. white, todd f. martin and silvia k. Chapter 1 summary: defining family across the life course. Authority patterns social norms establish who is expected to make decisions in the family: patriarchal systems = husband/father head of the household, matriarchal systems = wife/mother, egalitarian systems = equal. Concept an abstract set of things or ideas collected under one symbol or idea. Correlational design field studies conducted using sampling procedures that examine the co-variation of two or more variables (contrast to experimental design) Dependent variable outcome variable, variable to be explained, effect variable (contrast to independent variable) Unilineal systems: patrilineal = father"s side, matrilineal = mother"s side, bilateral = both (most common in north american families) Extraneous factors variables that may influence a dependent variable and should be added as control variables in correlational design. Independent variable casual variable, variable that predicts or explains an outcome (contrast to dependent variable)