psychology 331 Questions with 100% correct Answers 2024

measurement - Correct Answer a systematic way of assigning numbers/ names to observation how do we measure variables - Correct Answer operational definitions a scale or type of measurements operational definition - Correct Answer -self report: own thoughts, feelings, and actions -observational: observing people's behavior in the environment in which it typically occur -physiological: measure people's characteristics like intelligence or personality a scale of measurement is based on - Correct Answer -how the numbers are used -not which numbers are used nominal - Correct Answer order of units doesn't matter, numbers serve as "tags" or "labels" only to identify an object -category labels communicate whether two people are the same/diff ex. race, ethnicity -categorial -names / categories group 1 group 2 ordinal - Correct Answer represents the rank of individuals, not only if they're different, but also if one is higher/lower -ex. satisfaction scales -quantitative -order (magnitude) finish position interval - Correct Answer assigning scores using numerical scales in which intervals have the same interpretation thought ex. 30 degrees to 40 degrees represents same amount as 80 to 90 degrees -equality of distance between numbers ratio - Correct Answer assigning scores that there is a true zero point that represents absence of quantity ex. number of siblings one has -true zero point what does the scale of measurement determine - Correct Answer -what type of statistics are appropriate -what types of interpretation is reasonable scales of measurement and statistics - Correct Answer nominal: chi square ordinal: non-parametric tests (Mann Whitney u)