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What is the purpose of selecting relevant attributes for each variable in a study?
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?
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?
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?
What type of variable cannot be expressed in numbers but in descriptive terms?
Which term describes the choices made by a researcher in the conduct of a study?
Which term describes the choices made by a researcher in the conduct of a study?
'High school graduate' falls under which type of variable?
'High school graduate' falls under which type of variable?
'Income' is an example of which type of variable?
'Income' is an example of which type of variable?
'Civil status' (single, married, divorced) is classified as which type of variable?
'Civil status' (single, married, divorced) is classified as which type of variable?
'Post-graduate' education level belongs to which type of variable?
'Post-graduate' education level belongs to which type of variable?
'Number of children' is a type of:
'Number of children' is a type of: