MGHB02H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Relations Movement, Positive Psychological Capital

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Hypothesis: a formal statement of the expected relationship between two variable. Variables: measures that can take on two or more values. Independent variable: the variable that predicts or is the cause of variation in a dependent variable. Dependent variables: the variable that is expected to vary as a result of changes to the independent variable. Moderating variable: a variable that affects the nature of the relationship between an independent and dependent variable such that the relationship depends on the level of the moderating variables. Mediating variable: a variable that intervenes or explains the relationship between an independent and a dependent variable. Reliability: an index of the consistency of a research subject"s responses. Validity: an index of the extent to which a measure truly reflects what it is supposed to measure. Convergent validity: when there is a strong relationship between different measures of the same variable. Discriminant validity: when there is a weak relationship between measures of different variables.

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