SSCI 2900U Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Multivariate Analysis, Ordinal Data, Likert Scale
14 Jun 2016
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The biest mistake in quantitative research is to think that data analysis decisions can wait until after the data have been collected. Must be fully aware of what analysis techniques will be used before data collection beins. You need to know what kind of data you need to collect. Types of variables: nominal: the only difference that exists between participants is bein in one cateory or another. Cannot do arithmetic or mathematical operations with the cateories. e. Only named cannot do mathematic operations: ordinal: the cateories of the variable can be rank ordered. , hih enthusiasm, moderate enthusiasm, low enthusiasm (likert scale) Distance or amount of difference between cateories may not be equal. Cannot do arithmetic or mathematical operations with the cateories. E. . educational level: interval/ratio: distance or amount of difference between cateories is uniform (e. . Can do arithmetic and mathematical operations with the cateories (e.
