RESEARCH DRILLS ( ANSWERS MUST BE IN CAPITALIZE)

Also known as discrete or

qualitative variables

Variables that have two or more categories, but which do not have an intrinsic order

Are measured on a scale that theoretically can take on an infinite number of values

Are measured and assigned to groups

based of specific characteristics

Are those that affect the dependent variable but are not controlled adequately by the researcher

Are those that vary systematically

with the independent variable

and exert the influence of the

dependent variable

An object, event, idea, feeling, time/period, or any other type of category you are trying to measure.

The use of words or concepts to define a variable

An indication of the meaning of a variable through the specification of how it is measured, categorized, or controlled

A variable that has measurements that can assume only order or rank of possible values, not only any degree of difference.