POL242Y5 Lecture Notes - Confirmation Bias, Dependent And Independent Variables
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4 prediction- don"t talk about yesterday, talk about tomorrow. Is there a relationship? (between 2 factors) {eg. more education = more 24454} The limits of human observation: many psychological biases, so be explicit and formal. Confirmation bias (people pay attention only to the things they agree with) Attentiveness to difference (things that are different catch your attention and cause you to pay more attention to the differences, may cause extreme results) In everyday life, humans observe accurately with things except for: Theory is a logical story that tells you why one thing is related to another. Example: economic theory links increase in demand for a product with increase in price. Why is because of the status that comes with expensive things, and that people want higher quality things. Example of expensive stuff being bought more: the variables are price and demand. Always very abstract, if talking about mcdonald"s = weight gain, the concept is fat.
