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Setting the Scope of a Research Study

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What is the purpose of selecting relevant attributes for each variable in a study?

To complicate the study
To make the study more confusing
To increase the number of variables
To set the scope of the study (correct)

Which type of variable may have an infinite number of values?

Discrete variables
Continuous variables (correct)
Ordinal variables
Categorical variables

In which category would 'years of employment' fall under?

Continuous variables
Ordinal variables
Discrete variables (correct)
Categorical variables

What type of variable cannot be expressed in numbers but in descriptive terms?

Categorical variables (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which term describes the choices made by a researcher in the conduct of a study?

Limitation and delimitation of the study (A) Signup and view all the answers

'High school graduate' falls under which type of variable?

Categorical variables (C) Signup and view all the answers

'Income' is an example of which type of variable?

'Discrete variables' (B) Signup and view all the answers

'Civil status' (single, married, divorced) is classified as which type of variable?

'Categorical variables' (C) Signup and view all the answers

'Post-graduate' education level belongs to which type of variable?

'Categorical variables' (D) Signup and view all the answers

'Number of children' is a type of:

'Discrete variable' (D) Signup and view all the answers

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