SOCL 1101 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: List Of Muppets, Role Theory, Role Conflict

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCL 1101
• Professor: Shelley Mc Donough Kimelberg

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Test info: ~40 multiple choice questions. Independent variables are what you"re manipulating, that you think would have an effect on the dependent variable (like the breakfast you"re eating if you"re looking at if eating helps increase test scores) A correlation is when two variables vary together. Relationship (one doesn"t cause or really relate to the other) Causality means that not only are they related, but one is directly responsible for the other (independent/dependent) Two variables seem to be related but in fact it is a third variable that might be responsible = spurious correlation (so, when a lot of fire fighters go to a fire, they cause a lot of damage. It"s when a fire is bigger, more fire fighters show up. The size of the fire is what causes the damage) or (height and iq look like they"re relatedbut really it"s more like age and iq) If something is valid, you"re measuring what you intend to be measuring.