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Recall that their are readings in the back of Babbie and Halley's text so that you have an opportunity to see how the statistics we look at occur in the articles you are likely to read in sociological journals. Time to take a quick look at those readings.

1. What does the article mean by saying that there is a need to "contol" a vairable?

2. Is controlling one way to begin to establish "causality", and, if so, how? Answer in 25 words or less and focus on cutting down what can vary. (Answer in lecture until I can get something up on the site.)

3. The authors identify questions about why some characteristics should matter in religiosity. How did they derive these questions?

4. What are the independent variables involved in determining religiosity, as the authors perceive them?

5. What is the dependent variable? And are their multiple dependent variables?