Variables/scales Flashcards
1
Q
What is a variable?
A
Basically, a representation of everything that is not fix and can vary
2
Q
What is the 4 types of variables?
A
Nominal
Ordinal
Interval
Ratio
3
Q
What characterize the Nominal variable?
A
It’s a qualitative scale to categories that you can’t relate. Such as fruits or pokemons
4
Q
What is the qualitative variable that is used to relate non numerical things, like economic class (poor, middle income, rich)
A
Ordinal
5
Q
What is the quantitative variable that represents scales of equidistant numbers, but have no true zero. Ex: Celsius
A
Interval
6
Q
The king variable that is a scale with true zero, like height or duration
A
Ratio
7
Q
What is the difference of an independent and dependent variable
A
IV - Fixed, it will determine the outcome
DV - Variable, it’s the outcome
