SACR 2900 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Problem Gambling, Fitbit

• School: University of Windsor
• Department: Sociology, Anthropology and Criminology
• Course: SACR 2900
• Professor: Mark Munsterjhelm

Document Summary

Fitbit intel: student finds violations of us and european military security. Indexes and scales: canadian problem gambling index, looking at various variables that lead to one outcome, types of variables, type, frequency, duration, expenditure, loss of control, motivation, chasing, borrowing, lying. Measuring variables: variables mean different things and are used in different ways in research, 4 levels of measurement, nominal (common, ordinal, interval, ratio; has a 0 point such as weight, height, income (can look at multiples) Measuring a belief, attitudes, etc are subjective and can always change. Properties and functions: nominal; identify differences, ordinal; can number or classify from greater or less than, interval; precise comparisons, ratio; using ratios (eg. test scores) Attributes are only jointly exhausted or mutually exclusive. Variables and attributes can be logically ranked. Variables with all characteristics of the internal measure and a true zero point. Personal profiles on dating sites are largely comprised of variables.