1. Geographic region is measured as "north-west," "southwest," "Midwest," "northeast", and "southeast." The variable is measured at the __________________ level of measurement.
nominal
ordinal
interval
ratio
2. While variables can be discrete or continuous, they can also be classified according to how they are measured. The simplest type of variable is the ____________ variable.
ordinal
interval
ratio
nominal
factorial
3. This variable is one in which the same unit of measurement is applied throughout the range of the values, but there is no true zero point.
ordinal
interval
ratio
nominal
factorial
4. Your measure of daily cigarette use asks: How many cigarettes do you typically have in a day? 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, etc. Daily cigarette use is a ___________ level of measurement.
nominal
ordinal
ratio
interval
5. Participants in a research study have been classified as lower, middle, or upper class in terms of their socioeconomic status. We can say that the variable of social class has been measured at the _______________________ level of measurement.
6. On a questionnaire administered to adult professionals, a researcher asked the respondents how many miles they have driven in their lifetime. The responses range from a very low number to a very high number. When the researchers ask again at the end of the survey, people's responses differ from the first time. This illustrates that the measure for number of miles driven is not ________________.
validity
reliability
7. A __________ is a set of interconnected statements that explain the social phenomenon you are studying.
project
variable
theory
research question
hypothesis
8. A statement about the relationship between two or more variables is called a(n)...
theory
proposal
analysis
thesis
hypothesis