PSYC 2017 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dimmer, Dependent And Independent Variables, Mental Chronometry
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Magnitude- more question expands magnitude of the effect. Discrete- one of two values and nothing in between. (light switch), certain values. Continuous- can take any value in between numbers. (light dimmer) measured, Number of kids -quantitative discrete (ie. nationality)- discrete qualitative. Categorical variable- variable that involved two or more non numerical groups (ie. gender, major, how depressed a person feels, martial status) Variable- any characteristic of an organism, environment or experimental situation that can vary. The behavioral designed to measure the effect of the variation of the independent variable. Must select a dv that is sensitive to, or able to pick up, the influence exerted by the. An abstract concept that allows measurement or manipulation of the concept in a research study. ex. Nominal- a categorical variable for mutual exclusive , but not orders categories (by name) number pinned on a runner nominal data is qualitative data rather than quantitative. Ordinal- order matters, but not the difference between values.
