PSY BEH 113D Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Ice Cream, List Of Countries By Intentional Homicide Rate, Psych
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A number between +1. 0 and -1. 0 that indicates the degree of relationship between two variables. Relationship can be in a negative or positive direction. The strength of the relationship is indicated by how close it is to . Ice cream sales and murder rates (positive relationship) Data collection strategies that combines cross-sectional and longitudinal research. It involves either multiple cross-sectional comparisons or multiple longitudinal comparisons, or both. Manipulates age, cohort and time of measurement. Retested after a number of years (longitudinal data for several cohorts) becomes longitudinal sequences. Test another group of subjects cross-sectional sequence. Method in which data are organized by age and time of measurement. E. g. , 30- & 40- year-olds in 2000 and 2010. Method in which cohorts are compared at different ages. E. g. , 1940 and 1930 cohort at 40 and 50. Method in which cohorts are examined at different times of measurement. E. g. , 1940 and 1930 cohort in 2000 and 2010.