In the relationship between people's sex (male/female) and choice of major (sociology, architecture, nursing, physics, etc), sex is the
A) Dependent variable
B) Control variable
C) independent variable
D) It isn't a variable sex can't change
Question 2Research occurring in its natural setting is
A) Conducted in the field
B) Conducted in the laboratory
C) Quantitative
D) Unbiased
Question 3In observation research, we directly observe
A) attitudes
B) behavior
C) statistics
D) personal values
Question 4Researchers often use data from the General Social Survey (GSS), which has been studying Americans' attitudes and behaviors since 1972. Use of this resource is an example of
A) Secondary analysis
B) Experimental research
C) Detached observation
D) Content analysis
Question 5In the hypothesis, children whose parents are married are more likely than those whose parents are divorced to have academic success and successful friendships, what is the independent variable?
A) Friendships
B) Children
C) Academic success
D) Marital status of parents
Question 6In an investigation of how IQ affects students' grades in sociology class, the variables are
A) Independent: IQ; dependent: grades in sociology
B) Independent: students' grades; dependent: sociology class
C) Independent: students; dependent: grade
D) Independent: sociology class; dependent: IQ
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