descriptive research Flashcards
(16 cards)
What type of data for Frequencies?
Nominal or Ordinal
What is the difference between nominal and ordinal
Nominal - no order, just labels
Ordinal - order matters
What does frequencies analyse
The number of respondents, and the % of respondents in the variable
Only select cases when you want to…
Filter
If i want to select belgium AND france
Q16Country = 1(Belgium) & (France)
When to do a frequencies?
when you want to
count data
see % of data
see the mean, median, mode of a number
GRAPHS
When to use descriptives?
See the different means,
summary stats for numeric data (age, income)
What is the INdependent variable?
- ALWAYS Collumn
- CANT CHANGE, facts
eg
- gender, nationality, age
What is the DEpendent variable
- ALWAYS rows
- what you can change, not a fact
ex.
- diet
- income
- does it depend?
if variable is a code then it is
ALWAYS ORDINAL/ NOMINAL
If it is just a number and not a code =
interval or ratio
Collumn
vertical
Row
horizontal
what type of data for descriptives?
interval or ratio
If i have a nominal/ordinal variable and i must answer a question for the single variable i must do a …
frequencies
If i have a interval/ratio variable and i must answer a question for the single variable i must do a …
descriptives