A researcher wants to predict score on personal happiness (Y) from score on income (X1) and number of friends (X2). Which of the following would be the proper course of action?
a. use the standardized partial slopes of X1 and X2 on Y
b. examine the unstandardized partial slopes of X1 and X2 on Y
c. compute the partial correlation coefficient for X1 and X2 controlling for Y
d. examine the partial slope of Y on each independent separately
b
You might also like to view...
Part of the environmental movement that emphasizes individual and corporate responsibility and generally ignores collective political action:
A) mainstream ecology B) populist ecology C) radical ecology D) feminist ecology
The term for the ability to control the behavior of others, even against their will, is ____
a. exploitation b. power c. intimidation d. fraud e. cruelty
The percentage of persons living in the United States who have epilepsy is best referred to as
A. the incidence of epilepsy. B. the prevalence of epilepsy. C. the rate of epilepsy. D. the epidemiological transition. E. the demographic transition.
Which of the following concepts refers to deciding exactly what is to be measured when assigning value to a variable?
a. Operationalizing b. Reliability c. Conceptualizing d. Validity