Post Test in Kinds of Variables

This is any factor or property that a researcher measures, controls, and/or manipulates.

• strength

• weakness

• variable

• theory

These variables can only assume any whole value within the limits of the given variables

• discrete

• continuous

• ordinal

• nominal

These variables represent only two categories

• continuous

• discrete

• polychotomous

• dichotomous

These variables can assume any value between a certain set of real numbers

• discrete

• independent

• dependent

• continuous

One of the 5 classification of variables that describe a measurable quantity and answers "how much" or "how many"

• numeric

• categorical

• experimental

• non-experimental

One of the 5 classification of variables that describe a quality or characteristic of a data unit like "what type" or "which category"

• numeric

• categorical

• experimental

• according to number being studied

These variables can take a value which can be logically ordered or ranked

• ordinal

• nominal

• dichotomous

• polychotomous

Predictor and criterion variables are generally called _______ variables.

• categorical

• experimental

• extraneous

• non-experimental

These are variables whose values cannot be organized in a logical sequence

• ordinal

• nominal

• dichotomous

• polychotomous

A categorical variable that have many categories

• ordinal

• nominal

• dichotomous

• polychotomous