A variable is an event, idea, value or some other object or category that a researcher or business can measure. Variables can be dependent or independent. Dependent variables vary by the factors that ...

Research Methods in Psychology is a standard required course in pretty much any psychology major. In our department at SUNY New Paltz, this is a four-credit class with a large laboratory component.

Beside the model, the other input into a regression analysis is some relevant sample data, consisting of the observed values of the dependent and explanatory variables for a sample of members of the ...

Constructing theories means introducing concepts which are not directly observable. They should, however, explain empirical findings and thus have to be related to observations. Hence, it is useful ...

A widely held thesis asserts that public and elite dissatisfaction influences the external conflict behavior of states. Characteristic of many anecdotes, speculations, theoretically informed ...

Once you have chosen and configured an independent variable, you are ready to choose dependent variable(s). In this illustration, the net electrical output is chosen: When you click on a parameter or ...

Annales d'Économie et de Statistique, No. 55/56, Économétrie des Données de Panel / Panel Data Econometrics (Sep. - Dec., 1999), pp. 243-275 (33 pages) This paper considers mismeasurement of the ...

Time-dependent variables can be used to model the effects of subjects transferring from one treatment group to another. One example of the need for such strategies is the Stanford heart transplant ...

Classifying a variable as a particular type of data is important when considering how to present the data. Data can be presented in a number of ways, which depends on the type of variable and the uses ...