Week 7: Quantitative Research Designs & Descriptive Statistical Methods

Question 1

causality does not ….

Answer 1

equal causation

Question 2

what are the three study designs

Answer 2

Experimental
Non experimental
Quiasi

Question 3

what is the criteria for causality

Answer 3

Temporal
Relationship
No confounders

Question 4

what type of statistics are used to describe and synthesize the data

Answer 4

descriptive statistics

Question 5

percentages are ____

Answer 5

descriptive statistics

Question 6

four levels of measurements

Answer 6

nominal
interval
ratio
ordinal

Question 7

what is the lowest level of measurement

Answer 7

nominal measurement

Question 8

what type of level of measurement involves signing numbers to classify characteristics into categories

Answer 8

nominal

Question 9

example of nominal

Answer 9

married = 1

not married = 2

Question 10

ordinal measurement is _____

Answer 10

sorting people based on their relative ranking on an attribute

Question 11

Attributes are ordered according to some criterion.

Answer 11

ordinal measurement

Question 12

what type of measurement captures not only equivalence but also relative rank

Answer 12

ordinal measurement

Question 13

what does ordinal measurement not do

Answer 13

does not, however, tell us anything about how much greater one level is than another

Question 14

when researchers can assume equivalent distance between rank-ordering on an attribute it is __

Answer 14

interval measurement

Question 15

an example of interval measurement is ___

Answer 15

fahren height temp scale

Question 16

what type of measurement is the body mass index

Answer 16

ratio

Question 17

number of fast food restaurants within a mile of the veterans’ house (0-1, 1-4) is what type of level of measurement

Answer 17

ordinal

Question 18

mutually exclusive categories / groups =

Answer 18

nominal

Question 19

ranked groups =

Answer 19

ordinal

Question 20

equal numerical distance between points on a scale =

Answer 20

interval

Question 21

interval level data which has a true zero =

Answer 21

ratio

Question 22

the most frequent value is also known as

Answer 22

mode

Question 23

the midpoint is also known as

Answer 23

median

Question 24

the average is also known as

Answer 24

mean

Question 25

in what type of studies do researchers uses interventions to bring about desired effect

Answer 25

experimental and quasi experimental

Question 26

an experiment is also called

Answer 26

randomized control trial (RCT)

Question 27

an experiment is characterized by three properties which are:

Answer 27

1. manipulation
2. control
3. randomization