SOC 316: Methods 2 1. Sean is studying a group of female high schoolers to test the relationship between changing schoo
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SOC 316: Methods 2
1. Sean is studying a group of female high schoolers to test the
relationship between changing schools during high school and
adolescents’ grades. Once he confirms that changing schools is
associated with lower grades on average, he decides to include a
measure of the resources in both the old and new schools to see if
it interacts with the effect of moving schools on grades. Sean has
decided to analyze the data in this way because he wants to test
whether
Group of answer choices
school resources are a mediator.
being female is a mediator.
school resources are a moderator.
being female is a moderator.
2.
Faye’s dissertation research will focus on how the hiring of new
employees may influence the productivity of those already employed
by the firm or company. If she chooses to test for the importance
of job satisfaction after the hiring cycle, she is hypothesizing
that
Group of answer choices
productivity is actually a predictor of both job satisfaction
and hiring.
job satisfaction is a confound that predicts hiring and
productivity.
job satisfaction is a mechanism between hiring and
productivity.
job satisfaction will increase after new employees are
hired.
3.
Biyu wants to know whether parental divorce predicts lower
social adjustment for middle schoolers. She thinks divorce will
influence adjustment indirectly through a decrease in interpersonal
skills among children in divorced families. She also hypothesizes
that the influence of parental divorce on school adjustment will be
stronger for boys than for girls. To test for moderation in her
hypotheses, Biyu should test whether
Group of answer choices
the child’s gender interacts with parental divorce.
interpersonal skills interact with the child’s gender.
gender interacts with social adjustment.
interpersonal skills interact with parental divorce.
1. Sean is studying a group of female high schoolers to test the
relationship between changing schools during high school and
adolescents’ grades. Once he confirms that changing schools is
associated with lower grades on average, he decides to include a
measure of the resources in both the old and new schools to see if
it interacts with the effect of moving schools on grades. Sean has
decided to analyze the data in this way because he wants to test
whether
Group of answer choices
school resources are a mediator.
being female is a mediator.
school resources are a moderator.
being female is a moderator.
2.
Faye’s dissertation research will focus on how the hiring of new
employees may influence the productivity of those already employed
by the firm or company. If she chooses to test for the importance
of job satisfaction after the hiring cycle, she is hypothesizing
that
Group of answer choices
productivity is actually a predictor of both job satisfaction
and hiring.
job satisfaction is a confound that predicts hiring and
productivity.
job satisfaction is a mechanism between hiring and
productivity.
job satisfaction will increase after new employees are
hired.
3.
Biyu wants to know whether parental divorce predicts lower
social adjustment for middle schoolers. She thinks divorce will
influence adjustment indirectly through a decrease in interpersonal
skills among children in divorced families. She also hypothesizes
that the influence of parental divorce on school adjustment will be
stronger for boys than for girls. To test for moderation in her
hypotheses, Biyu should test whether
Group of answer choices
the child’s gender interacts with parental divorce.
interpersonal skills interact with the child’s gender.
gender interacts with social adjustment.
interpersonal skills interact with parental divorce.