Levels of measurement and averages

Question 1

categorising definition

Answer 1

tallying/counting. divide data into categories and count them e.g. categorising sociology and criminology students

Question 2

problem with categorising

Answer 2

can be complicated to determine categories if based upon arbitrary terms

Question 3

variable definition

Answer 3

something that can be altered/changed e.g. male/female

Question 4

categorical data definition

Answer 4

put data into groups (categories)

Question 5

continuous data definition

Answer 5

can be measured

Question 6

discrete data

Answer 6

has to be a whole figure (only takes certain values) e.g. number of pupils in a class

Question 7

radio

Answer 7

continuous data that has to have a true 0

Question 8

interval

Answer 8

continuous doesn’t have to have a true 0

Question 9

ordinal

Answer 9

categorical ordered data e.g grades A, B, C

Question 10

nominal data

Answer 10

categorical data that doesn’t have a set order e.g. ethnicity’s

Question 11

average are measured by:

Answer 11

methods of central tendency (mean, median, mode)