Monday, December 8, 2008

clear-up on small detail

I know that we aren't allowed to use any model previously used in homework assignments or lecture, but we can still use a variable that was used in those assignments, right?

For example, would I be able to hypothesize that perceived humor and morality would predict global self worth? (Not actually using this model for my assignment, but global self worth is a variable we used in other assignments, but since the overall model uses different variables to accompany global self worth, I can go ahead with it?)

thanks!

1 comment:

Mari said...

You may use a variable that has been used before. You may even use more than one variable that has been used before.

The key here is that you are not replicating--or very nearly replicating--a previous assignment. So, for instance, predicting global self worth from academic competence, job competence, and physical appearance is an example of a model that is just a subset of a previously tested model and thus would not be OK.