Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The purpose of a cross-tabulation is to explain how the dependent variable affects the independent variable.
2. Because a hypothesis is a comparative statement it always requires a comparison of the values of the dependent variable across the values of the independent variable.
3. A researcher studying the effect of age on attitudes about same-sex marriage finds that as age increases support for same-sex marriage decreases. This is an example of a direct relationship. True or false?
4. The law of diminishing returns is an example of a linear relationship between effort and return on the effort. True or false?
5. A linear relationship between two variables may be either positive or negative. True or false?


1. False (It is to explain how the independent variable affects the dependent variable)
2. True
3. False (It is an inverse relationship)
4. False (it is a curvilinear relationship)
5. True

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