PSYA01H3 Study Guide - Dependent And Independent Variables, Longitudinal Study
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Lecture 02 research design and the logic of causation. We"re talking about probability when talking about causation. It is most likely very often to happen: for example, you go to a friend"s house, and you see a box of toys. We think that there might be a child living in that home. But maybe they kept it from when they were young, maybe have a grandchild, testing something, and etc. Independent variables: influence change in the dependent variable, they are the explaining variable or the cause, can have an impact upon another variable, they are often represented as x y (x is the iv) Dependent variables: this is the effect or the variable that is being explained/ impacted upon. Causation is not the main objective of a qualitative research. Hypotheses: a prediction, the researcher will make, of what we expect the relationship of the variables will the causation of the variable. be.
