Week 3 Day 1 Types Of Variables

Question 1

Answer “how many” or “how much”

Answer 1

Numerical variables

Question 2

Can assume any value between a certain set of real numbers ( give also examples)

Answer 2

Continuous variable

Question 3

Can only assume any whole value within the limits of the given variable. Shortly it is countable ( give also examples)

Answer 3

Discrete variables

Question 4

Answer “what type” or “which category “

Answer 4

Categorized variables

Question 5

Can be ordered or ranked( give also examples)

Answer 5

Ordinal variables

Question 6

Can’t be organized in a logical sequence (give also example)

Answer 6

Nominal Variables

Question 7

Present only in 2 categories (give also example)

Answer 7

Dichotomous variables

Question 8

Have many categories (give also example)

Answer 8

Polychotomus

Question 9

Usually manipulated in an experiment

Answer 9

İndependent variables

Question 10

Usually affected but the manipulation of the independent variables they are called “response “ or “predicted variables”

Answer 10

Dependent variables

Question 11

Also called “mediating” or “intervening variables “

Answer 11

Extraneous variables

Question 12

It is a non experimental variable that changes the other variables in an experimental study

Answer 12

Predictor variables

Question 13

It is a non experimental variables that usually influenced by the predictor variables

Answer 13

Criterion variables

Question 14

A variable according to the number being studied that only 1 variable is being studied

Answer 14

Univariate study

Question 15

It is a variable according to the number being studied that has 2 variables being studied

Answer 15

Bivariate study

Question 16

It is a variable according to the number being studied that has more than 2 variables being studied

Answer 16

Polyvariate study