BASTA KASAMA TO SA MIDTERMS

Question 1

A _____ is a CHARACTERISTIC OR ATTRIBUTE of interest in the research study that can take on different values and is not constant. ______ may be straightforward and easy to measure including characteristics such as gender, weight, height, age, size, and time.

Answer 1

variable

Question 2

An _______ is the variable MANIPULATED OR CHANGE by the researcher. This affects or determines the values of dependent variable.

Answer 2

independent variable

Question 3

The ________ is sometimes referred to as the OUTCOME VARIABLE because the resulting outcome of manipulating the independent variable is typically the focus of the research study. This is the one that the researcher is attempting to predict or explain.

Answer 3

dependent variable

Question 4

_______ are numerical which represents a MEASURABLE QUANTITY. Some of the examples are time, height, weight, and number of population.

Answer 4

Quantitative Variables

Question 5

_______ are COUNTABLE which have certain number of values. Some of the examples are number of students in a class, number of needle punctures, and money in your pocket.

Answer 5

Discrete Variables

Question 6

_______ are referred to interval variables which are MEASURED IN RANGES and can be denoted by NON-WHOLE NUMBERS. It can have positive or negative values.

Answer 6

Continuous Variables

Question 7

_______ are SPECIAL TYPE OF CONTINOUS VARIABLE which CANNOT HAVE A NEGATIVE VALUE. If the value of the ratio variable is zero it means that there is none of that variable. Some of the examples are test scores, distance, currency, mass, and age.

Answer 7

Ratio variables

Question 8

_________ are also known as CATEGORICAL VARIABLES. Their values do not result from measuring or counting. Some of the examples are religion, blood type, profession, and color.

Answer 8

Qualitative variables

Question 9

________ have only TWO distinct categories or values. Some of the examples are True or False, Yes or No, and Male or Female.

Answer 9

Dichotomous variables

Question 10

________ are the MOST BASIC LEVEL of measurement. These are variables that have two or more mutually exclusive and exhaustive categories. However, these categories CANNOT BE ORDERED. Some examples of nominal variables are marital status, blood type, hair color, citizenship, mode of transportation, and source of income.

Answer 10

Nominal variables

Question 11

_________ have a LOGICAL NUMERICAL SEQUENCE OR ORDER. It also refers to a position in a SERIES. Variables with numerically relevant categories are called ________. An example may be asking someone how often he or she eats foods in the restaurant – their response options are Very often, Frequently, Sometimes or Never.

Answer 11

Ordinal Variables

Question 12

________ are just like any variable which are not categorized as a dependent or independent variable in a study. It can also refer to any variables that you are NOT INTENTIONALLY STUDYING in your experiment or test.

Answer 12

Extraneous Variables