I have to write a short paper in which I review an article that uses statistics. The article I chose conducted a survey to try to determine the relationship between upbringing and later religiosity.
For my paper, I need to identify the variables--e.g., the independent and dependent variable(s)--as well as explain the nature of the variables (are they continuous or categorical?, etc.).
What do you think the variables would be (and what sort of variables are they?) in this paper? I'm assuming that the survey is meant to substantiate the following hypothesis: the weaker one's ties with his family and the less religion was emphasized in his upbringing, the more likely it is that he will become apostate later in life. In this case, would that mean one's ties with his family and the role of religion in his upbringing is the independent variable, whereas becoming apostate later in life is the dependent variable?
What do you think?
For my paper, I need to identify the variables--e.g., the independent and dependent variable(s)--as well as explain the nature of the variables (are they continuous or categorical?, etc.).
What do you think the variables would be (and what sort of variables are they?) in this paper? I'm assuming that the survey is meant to substantiate the following hypothesis: the weaker one's ties with his family and the less religion was emphasized in his upbringing, the more likely it is that he will become apostate later in life. In this case, would that mean one's ties with his family and the role of religion in his upbringing is the independent variable, whereas becoming apostate later in life is the dependent variable?
What do you think?