Chapter 16

Matching Quiz

Match the items on the right to the items on the left.
1. X arrow_plain.gif T arrow_plain.gif Y indicates that X has an _____ on Y.
2. Each arrow in an arrow diagram represents the _____ of one variable on another.
3. Refer to the random processes in a statistical model.
4. The hypothesized relationships in a statistical model.
5. Multivariate analysis involving three-variable contingency tables.
6. In elaboration analysis, this shows the effect of X on Y when a third variable is controlled.
7. The association between two variables when no other variable is controlled.
8. In this elaboration outcome, there is an interaction effect—the effect of X on Y depends on T.
9. In this elaboration outcome, an antecedent variable creates a spurious association between X and Y.
10. In this elaboration outcome, the control variable is intervening and there is no association in either partial table.
11. This elaboration outcome strengthens ones’ confidence that the original relationship is nonspurious.
12. The relationship between X and Y is revealed when this is controlled.
13. May examine the effect of X on Y while simultaneously controlling for the effects of several other independent variables.
14. Produced by omitting important variables from a statistical model.
15. In a multiple regression equation, this represents the effect of X on Y while controlling for all other variables in the analysis.
16. Two or more independent variables in a multiple regression are highly correlated with one another.
17. A statistical technique in which a complex model is pictorially represented and analyzed via a series of multiple regression equations.
18. Represent the direct effects of each path in a path analysis.