Week 3

Question 1

Is a characteristic of an individual or an organization that can be observed and measured that may vary among people or organizations being studied

Answer 1

Variable

Question 2

Has the root word of “vary” which means to ____

Answer 2

Variable, To change

Question 3

Is a specific value on a variable

Answer 3

Attribute

Question 4

Atleast how many attributes should a variable have?

Answer 4

Atleast two attributes

Question 5

Give the four categories of variables

Answer 5

1. Dependent
2. Independent
3. Intervening
4. Control

Question 6

Give the four types of Levels of Measurement

Answer 6

1. Nominal
2. Ordinal
3. Ratio
4. Interval

Question 7

Variables represent categories that cannot be ordered in any particular way

Answer 7

Nominal

Question 8

Consists of numbers which indicate categories for purely classification or identification purposes

Answer 8

Nominal

Question 9

Variables represent categories that can be ordered from greatest to smallest or vice versa

Answer 9

Ordinal

Question 10

The numbers serves as codes but must now be assigned in consecutive order, indicating degree of level

Answer 10

Ordinal

Question 11

Scale datas that are basically categories/levels converted to numeric codes

Answer 11

Nominal and Ordinal scala data

Question 12

Qualitative variables generate either _____or _____ scale data

Answer 12

Nominal(categories)
Ordinal(levels)

Question 13

Variables have values that lie along an evenly dispersed range of numbers

Answer 13

Interval

Question 14

Has all the properties of the ordinal scale; A scale that represents quantity and has equal units

Answer 14

Interval

Question 15

Provides information on how much better one value is compared to the other

Answer 15

Interval

Question 16

Zero does not represent the absolute lowest value but represents simply an additional point of measurement and not the absence of the property being measured.

Answer 16

Interval

Question 17

Variables have all the properties of interval variable and has a clear definition of 0

Answer 17

Ratio

Question 18

The most informative scale as it tends to tell about the order and number of the object between the values

Answer 18

Ratio

Question 19

Allows comparison of intervals or differences

Answer 19

Ratio

Question 20

Has a true and absolute zero point. No numbers exits below zero(no negative numbers)

Answer 20

Ratio

Question 21

Are those that probably cause, influence, or affect the outcomes.

Answer 21

Independent variables

Question 22

It is controlled and manipulated by the researcher and applied on another thing, condition or process

Answer 22

Independent variables

Question 23

Are those that depend on the independent variable.

Answer 23

Dependent variable

Question 24

They are exposed to the treatment or actions from the independent variable

Answer 24

Dependent variable

Question 25

They stand between the dependent and independent variable

Answer 25

Intervening variable

Question 26

They show the effects on both the dependent and independent variable

Answer 26

Intervening variable

Question 27

Is a special type of independent variable that is measured in the study because it potentially influences the dependent variable

Answer 27

Control variable

Question 28

It must to be controlled so that the true influence of the independent variable to the dependent variable can be determined

Answer 28

Control variable

Question 29

In an experiment, it is the variable that is constant or steady

Answer 29

Control variable