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Multiple choice, short answer question, apply what you know. Hypotheses- a tentative answer to a research question, more specific (ie people in capitalist countries will report that wealth is more important than friendship in survey questionnaire. ) He called this the starting point (ie independent variable capitalism -----influence--- dependent variable friendship. Independent variable-the variable expected to account for the cause of the dependent variable. Dependent variable- the variable to be explained the effect . Independent variable is number of friends and dependent variable is success. Another example, in a sample of 200, females are more likely to go to college than males. Independent variable females and males dependent variable college. Units of analysis- what the study"s variables referring too, its who/what the research focus on (ie individual, neighborhoods, stats, countries, type of school) view them in terms of levels smaller to larger. The three levels of measurement- measurement is changing a concept from abstract to numerical (empirical)
