Across
- 1. mental image that symbolizes an idea, an object, an event, a behavior, a person, and so on
- 4. variables that represent alternative explanations for relationships that are observed between independent and dependent variables
- 6. developing specific research procedures
- 9. a variable that is postulated to explain another variable
- 11. a concept that can take on more than one value
- 13. a concept we are investigating
- 16. the statement that postulates the relationship between the independent and dependent variables
- 17. a definition that uses a set of words to help us understand what a term means
- 18. level of measurement that refers to those variables whose attributes may be rank ordered along some progression from more to less
- 20. means the same thing as attributes when researchers are mentioning them in reference to their variables
- 22. another term for control variable. Can affect the strength or direction of the relationship between the independent and dependent variables.
- 23. refining and specifying abstract concepts
- 25. study that rather than predetermining specific, precise, objective variables and indicators to measure, begin with an initial set of anticipated meanings that can be refined during data collection and interpretation
Down
- 1. relationship is one in which the nature of the relationship changes at certain levels of the variables
- 2. term used by researchers to mean the same thing as attributes or categories
- 3. relationship where the two variables move in opposite directions
- 5. relationship where both the independent and dependent variable move in the same direction
- 7. level of measurement that measures variables whose attributes are not only rank ordered but also separated by a uniform distance between them
- 8. definition of the operations, or indicators, we will use to determine the quantity or attribute we observe about a particular variable
- 10. level of measurement where variables are attributes are simply different from one another
- 12. a variable that varies with regard to a mechanism by which an independent variable might affect a dependent variable
- 14. a relationship that no longer exists when a third variable is controlled
- 15. any difference that makes no difference is no difference
- 19. the variable being explained
- 21. markers that indicate the presence or absence of the concept we are studying
- 24. the concepts that make up a broader concept