Levels Of Measurement

Question 1

What is nominal data

Answer 1

Type of data that is in the form of categories

Question 2

What is ordinal data

Answer 2

Data which is represented in a ranking form

Question 3

What is interval data

Answer 3

Data are measured using units of equal intervals

Question 4

Nominal data- measures of central tendency

Answer 4

Mode

Question 5

Ordinal- measures of central tendency

Answer 5

Median

Question 6

Interval data-measures of central tendency

Answer 6

Mean

Question 7

Ordinal data- measures of dispersion

Answer 7

Range

Question 8

Interval data- measures of dispersion

Answer 8

Standard deviation

Question 9

What are the sections of a scientific report

Answer 9

-abstract
-introduction
-method
-results
-discussion
-referencing

Question 10

What is it meant by abstract in a scientific report

Answer 10

Summary of all the key details of the research support - includes the aim, hypothesis, method, results, and conclusion - it’s around 150-200 words long and is the part that is supposed to be read to know whether research study is worth examining further

Question 11

what is the introduction in the scientific report

Answer 11

includes information of past research on a similar topic where relevant theories,studies are mentioned

Question 12

what is the method part of a scientific report

Answer 12

a description of what the researchers exactly did when they undertook the study- includes research design, sample, materials used,ethics

Question 13

What is the results part of a scientific report

Answer 13

the findings of the study presented with inferential and descriptive satistics

Question 14

what is the discussion part of scientific report

Answer 14

what the findings actually mean for us and for psychological theories

Question 15

What is the referencing part of a scientific report

Answer 15

All sources that were quoted or referred in the report