PSYC-FP4700 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Pie Chart, Descriptive Statistics, Quasi
9 Dec 2020
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Assessment 1 basics of research and statistics, Complete the following problems within this word document. Show your work for problem sets that require calculations. Ensure that your answer to each problem is clearly visible. You may want to highlight your answer or use a different type color to set it apart. Problem set 1. 1: identifying variables (dependent, independent, quasi- Instructions: for the following list of examples, identify the dependent variable and independent (or quasi-independent) variable: a researcher tests whether cocaine use increases impulsive behavior in a sample of cocaine-dependent and cocaine-inexperienced mice. Dependent variable: _______: a professor tests whether students perform better on a multiple-choice or fill-in-the-blank test format. Dependent variable: _______: a researcher tests whether smoking by parents influences children"s attitudes toward smoking behavior. Dependent variable: _______: a social scientist tests whether attitudes toward morality differ based on political affiliation (democrat or republican).
