7/15/2019 Chapter 3 - Variables, concepts and measures

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Chapter 3 - Variables, concepts and measures

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This activity contains 10 questions.

What is the name for a variable which is measured using 2 different

values?

Binomial.
Dichotomous.
Binary.
All of these.

What is an example of a subject variable?

Religion.
Race.
Sex.
All of the these.

A cross sectional study is carried out to examine whether Navy personnel

of a higher rank have more positive coping skills than those of a lower
rank. Which of the following statement is true of this study?

Neither variable is dependent as the researcher cannot manipulate them.

The independent variable is coping and the dependent variable is high rank.

The independent variable is coping and the dependent variable is low rank.

The independent variable is rank and the dependent variable is coping

skills.

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The concept of 'variables':

is derived from statistics.

is derived from biology.
is derived from physics.
has always been used in psychology.

Who introduced the theory of measurement and scales of measurement

into psychology?

Stevens
Stanley
Schlosberg
Skinner

Which of the following are the most similar?

Nominal, ordinal and ratio data

Nominal, ratio, and interval data
Ordinal, interval and ratio data
Nominal and ratio data

What sort of data are post codes (zip codes)?

Interval
Ordinal
Ratio
Nominal

What sort of data is income?

Interval
Ordinal
Nominal
Ratio

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What sort of variable is dress size?

Nominal
Dependent
Ordinal
Ratio

A mediator variable is:

responsible for the relationship between two other variables.

another name for the dependent variable.
another name for the independent variable.
all of the above.

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