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Chapter 5: Making Controlled Comparisons

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Multiple Choice
1. A relationship between a causal variable and a dependent variable within one value
of another causal variable is known as a ______.
A. controlled effect
B. compared effect
C. compound effect
D. consistent effect
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 5-2: How to set up controlled comparisons using cross-tabulation
analysis and mean comparison analysis.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Essential Terms and Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. A(n) ______ summarizes a relationship between two variables after accounting for a
rival variable.
A. additive effect
B. spurious effect
C. partial effect
D. interactive effect
Ans: C
3. The rule of direction for nominal relationships helps us identify ______.

A. spuriousness
B. additive relationships
C. zero-order relationships
D. interaction relationships
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 5-4: Three possible scenarios for the relationship between an
independent variable and a dependent variable, controlling for a rival cause.
Answer Location: A Spurious Relationship
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4. To determine the direction of a nominal relationship it is necessary to ______.

A. subtract the other values from the base category’s value
B. add the other values to the left-most column of a variable value
C. subtract the other values from the right-most column of a variable value
D. add the other values to the right-most column of a variable value
Ans: A
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. In a study of partisanship and attitudes toward social welfare spending while

controlling for gender a researcher finds that women are 15 points more likely than men
to support social welfare spending. This is an example of ______.
A. a zero-order relationship
B. the partial effect of gender
C. the normative effect of gender
D. the nominal effect of gender
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
6. If the direction of the relationship between the independent variable and the
dependent variable changes at different values of a control variable, it indicates that
a(n) ______ is present.
A. additive relationship
B. spurious relationship
C. interactive relationship
D. zero-order relationship
Ans: C
7. A researcher is examining the effect of partisanship on attitudes about Congress

while controlling for gender and finds no relationship between partisanship and attitudes
at any value of gender. This means the relationship between partisanship and attitudes
toward Congress is ______.
A. interactive
B. additive
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C. zero-order
D. spurious
Ans: D
8. A researcher studying support for international institutions finds that Democrats are
more likely to support such institutions than are Republicans. When she controls for
income, she finds that individuals with higher incomes are about 12 points more
supportive of international institutions regardless of party. This is an example of a(n)
______.
A. additive effect
B. spurious effect
C. interactive effect
D. zero-order effect
Ans: A
Answer Location: Additive Relationships
9. A researcher studying support for international institutions finds that Democrats are
more likely to support such institutions than are Republicans. When she controls for
income, she finds no difference between Republicans and Democrats on support for
international institutions. This is an example of a(n) ______.
A. additive effect
B. spurious effect
C. interactive effect
D. partial effect
Ans: B
10. When graphing the relationship between an independent variable and a dependent
variable, the independent variable should be on the ______.
A. vertical axis
B. either axis
C. horizontal axis
D. it is omitted from the graph
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Ans: C
Learning Objective: 5-3: How to construct line charts of the relationship between an
independent variable and a dependent variable, while holding a control variable
constant.
11. If age and gender together help to explain attitudes regarding welfare policy, it
indicates that a(n) ______ is present.
A. interactive relationship
B. zero-order relationship
C. spurious relationship
D. additive relationship
Ans: D
12. Which of the following are especially useful for lending clarity and simplicity to
controlled comparison relationships?
A. bar graphs
B. line charts
C. pie charts
D. cone graphs
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 5-3: How to construct line charts of the relationship between an
independent variable and a dependent variable, while holding a control variable
constant.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
13. A method of measuring respondents’ attitudes from 0 to 100 is called a ______.

A. Guttman scale
B. Likert-type scale
C. feeling thermometer
D. cross-tabulation
Ans: C
Answer Location: Party Identification, Age, and Attitudes about Homosexuals | Example
of an Additive Relationship
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14. In political research, controlled effects are summarized by a(n) ______ relationship.
A. zero-order
B. additive
C. interactive
D. partial
Ans: D
Answer Location: Summary
15. We are able to summarize a partial effect using one number when the relationship is
______.
A. additive
B. spurious
C. interactive
D. zero-order
Ans: A
16. When the partial effect must be described separately for each category of a control
variable what type of relationship exists?
A. additive
B. interactive
C. spurious
D. zero-order
Ans: B
17. A researcher hypothesizes that individuals differ in their support for free speech
based upon partisanship. He controls for gender and finds that women are more
supportive than men for both Democrats and Republicans. What’s going on here?
A. interaction
B. spuriousness
C. an additive relationship
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D. a zero-order relationship
Ans: C
18. A researcher hypothesizes that individuals differ in support for a balanced budget
amendment based upon their partisan affiliation. He controls for education level and
finds that highly educated Democrats are twenty-seven points less likely to support a
balanced budget amendment than highly educated Republicans, but Democrats with
lower education are two points more likely to support a balanced budget than
Republicans with lower education. What’s going on here?
A. an additive relationship between education and partisanship
B. a spurious relationship between education and partisanship
C. a zero-order relationship between education and partisanship
D. an interaction between education and partisanship
Ans: D
Answer Location: Interactive Relationships
19. If the direction of the relationship between the independent variable and the
dependent variable is not constant at all values of the control variable, it means the
relationship is______.
A. interactive
B. spuriousness
C. additive
D. nonexistent
Ans: A
20. A researcher studies attitudes about involvement in foreign wars based upon
individual partisanship while controlling for issue salience. She graphs the results on a
line-graph and notices that the lines for salience and partisanship cross each other at a
point on the chart. This indicates the presence of a(n) ______ relationship.
A. additive
B. interactive
C. spurious
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D. zero-order
Ans: B
True/False
1. Rival explanations undermine researchers’ ability to evaluate the effect of the

independent variable on the dependent variable.
Ans: T
Learning Objective: 5-1: How controlled comparisons rule out rival causes.
Answer Location: The Logic of Controlled Comparisons
2. A simple comparison of two variables provides a zero-order relationship.

Ans: T
3. An overall association between two variables that does not take into consideration
other possible differences between the cases being studied is known as a zero-order
relationship.
Ans: T
4. A controlled cross-tabulation table demonstrates the relationship between one or

more in dependent variables and the dependent variable.
Ans: T
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5. When you’re analyzing how values of an interval-level variable vary among groups,
you use a mean comparison table.
Ans: T
6. Cross-tabulation analysis may be used only when both variables are measured at the
ordinal level.
Ans: F
7. A cross-tabulation analysis may be used with an ordinal independent variable and a

nominal dependent variable.
Ans: T
8. Determining whether an independent variable is positively or negatively related to a

dependent variable is done using the partial relationship or partial effect.
Ans: F
9. A zero-order relationship summarized an overall relationship between variables.

Ans: T
10. A controlled comparison design refers to any characteristic that varies across
categories of an independent variable.
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Ans: F
11. An outlier is a pretreatment variable that is related to both the treatment and the
outcome.
Ans: F
12. If there is a clear rival explanation, a controlled comparison design does not work
well.
Ans: F
Learning Objective: 5-5: How to identify spurious relationships, additive relationships, or
interaction relationships in empirical data.
Answer Location: Advanced Methods of Making Controlled Comparisons
13. Matching methods attempt to replicate random assignment in an observational

setting.
Ans: T
Answer Location: Advanced Methods of Making Controlled Comparisons
14. All additive relationships are straightforward and have symmetrical quality.
Ans: T
Answer Location: Identifying Patterns
15. Interaction relationships are protean shape-shifters, assuming a variety of forms.

Ans: T
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Chapter 5: Making Controlled Comparisons

3. The rule of direction for nominal relationships helps us identify ______.

4. To determine the direction of a nominal relationship it is necessary to ______.

5. In a study of partisanship and attitudes toward social welfare spending while

7. A researcher is examining the effect of partisanship on attitudes about Congress

13. A method of measuring respondents’ attitudes from 0 to 100 is called a ______.

Difficulty Level: Easy

1. Rival explanations undermine researchers’ ability to evaluate the effect of the

2. A simple comparison of two variables provides a zero-order relationship.

4. A controlled cross-tabulation table demonstrates the relationship between one or

7. A cross-tabulation analysis may be used with an ordinal independent variable and a

8. Determining whether an independent variable is positively or negatively related to a

9. A zero-order relationship summarized an overall relationship between variables.

13. Matching methods attempt to replicate random assignment in an observational

15. Interaction relationships are protean shape-shifters, assuming a variety of forms.

Pollock, The Essentials of Political Analysis, 6e

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

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