CHAPTER 7 Scope and Delimination

It is determined primarily by the selection of variables that the research study will focus on.

• Scope of the study

• Attributes

• Variable

Are important elements of a variable.

• Scope of the study

• Attributes

• Variable

refers to any characteristic that can have different values or traits that may vary across research participants.

• Scope of the study

• Attributes

• Variable

A variable that change because of changes to the other variable.

• Independent Variables

• Dependent Variables

• Continuous variables

• Discrete variables

A variable that are changed, manipulated, or selected by the researcher.

• Independent Variables

• Dependent Variables

• Continuous variables

• Discrete variables

Variables that may have an infinite number of values and may vary widely among the research.

• Independent Variables

• Dependent Variables

• Continuous variables

• Discrete variables

Variables that have specific limits to their value.

• Independent Variables

• Dependent Variables

• Continuous variables

• Discrete variables

This means that a participant or respondent cannot possess two attributes of a variable.

• Mutually exclusive

• Exhaustive

• Categorical variables

These cannot be expressed in numbers but are given in non-quantitative, descriptive terms.

• Mutually exclusive

• Exhaustive

• Categorical variables

This means that the researcher should consider all possible attributes of a certain variable.

• Mutually exclusive

• Exhaustive

• Categorical variables