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| An independent variable that precedes other independent variables in time |
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| a pictorial representation of a researcher's explanatory scheme |
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| the use of data at one level of aggregation to make inferences at another level of aggregation |
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| the phenomenon thought to be influenced, affected, or caused by some other phenomenon |
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| a hypothesis that specifies the expected relationship between two or more variables |
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| the fallacy of deducing a false relationship between the attributes or behavior of individuals based on observing that relationship for groups to which individuals belong |
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| the process of inferring a relationship between charateristics of individuals based on group or aggregate data |
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| a tentative or provisional or unconfirmed statement that can (in principle) be verified |
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| the phenomenon thought to influence, affect, or cause some other phenomenon |
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| a variable coming between an independent variable and a dependent variable in an explanatory scheme |
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| a relationship in which the values of one variable increase as the values of another variable decrease |
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| a relationship in which the values of one variable increase or decrease as the values of another variable increase of decrease |
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the association, dependence, or covariance of the values of one variable with the values of another variable |
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| A hypothesis in which the independent and dependent variables are identical, making it impossible to disconform |
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| the type of actor (individual, group, institution, nation) specified in a researcher's hypothesis |
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