Your Friend Has Trouble Making Commitments in Relationships

question 110

Multiple Choice

Your friend has trouble making commitments in relationships. You believe that this is because her parents had a bitter divorce when she was young. Your belief that a child who lives through a bitter parental divorce will have trouble making commitments in relationships as an adult would be considered a(n) .

• A) hypothesis
• B) independent variable
• C) empirical conclusion
• D) applied theory

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Definitions:

Regression Model

A regression model is a statistical approach used to describe the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables.

Multiple Regression

A statistical technique that models the relationship between a dependent variable and two or more independent variables.

Coefficient

A numerical or constant quantity placed before and multiplying the variable in an algebraic expression, often indicating the slope in linear equations or the degree of variation in correlation.

Unit Change

A measure indicating the change in outcome associated with a one-unit change in an independent variable within a statistical model.