| A | B |
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| Experimental Design | Research Design with rigid controls in a laboratory setting |
| Quasi-experiemental Design | Research designs that lack the requirements of experimental designs but are structured in a similar fashion |
| Internal Validity | The degree to which research findings or results satisfy all conditions for establishing causality |
| External Validity | The degree to which research findings or results can be generalized to hold true in other populations, settings, or times |
| Covariation | A statistical relationship between variables, necessary to infer causality |
| Multiple Causation | The social science position that an event or phenomenon can have several causes |
| Nominal Definition | Defines a concept in terms of other concepts |
| Independent Variable | The variable that causes or predicts the dependent variable |
| Dependent Variable | The variable that is caused or predicted by the independent variable |
