PSYB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Descriptive Statistics, Scatter Plot, Antifeminism
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May do it unintentionally because they do not have the appropriate training to properly critique the findings, or intentionally to draw the readers" attention. Variable= something that varies; core unit of psychological research. Variable has a least two levels or values. Example- shy people are better at reading facial expressions; two variables: shyness (less shy and more shy) and the ability to read facial expressions (more skilled and less skilled) Research on fathers, gender would not be a variable because it only has one level: every father in the study would presumably be male (gender would be a constant in this study, not a variable) Constant= something could potentially vary but that has only one level in the study in question. But depends on the context so it could have three levels (low, medium and high) or even 10 levels due to it being based on a 10 point scale (like from low shyness to high shyness)
