Chapter 9

Question 1

a study designed to test an association involving more than two measured variables

Answer 1

multivariate design

Question 2

tests to see whether two variables, measured at the same point in time, are correlated

Answer 2

cross-sectional correlations

Question 3

can provide evidence for temporal precedence by measuring the same variables in the same people at several points in time

Answer 3

longitudinal design

Question 4

determines the correlation of one variable with itself, measured on two different occasions

Answer 4

autocorrelations

Question 5

shows whether the earlier measure of one variable is associated with the later measure of the other variable

Answer 5

cross-lag correlations

Question 6

statistical technique that computes the relationship between a predictor variable and a criterion variable, controlling for the other predictor variables

Answer 6

multiple regression

Question 7

the variable most interested in understanding or predicting

Answer 7

criterion variable

Question 8

the degree to which a scientific theory provides the simplest explanation of a pattern of some phenomenon

Answer 8

parsimony