3 Associational Research Questions I Bivariate Analysis
3.1 Introduction: The Association between Two Variables, x and y
Variable associations are the bread and butter of quantitative research in the social and behavioral sciences. In this respect, we typically have some theoretical reason for expecting that one variable, x, affects another variable, y, in some way.1 We then use a statistics program to examine our beliefs. I repeat: Our beliefs about how x is associated with y make us scrutinize this relationship empirically. For this reason, Chapter 2 was mainly an appetizer to the main event of statistical analysis in research settings: the examination of statistical associations. Now, let the real games begin! ...
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