WEEK 3

Question 1

IS A CHARACTERISTIC OR A QUALITY WHICH IS OBSERVABLE OR MEASURABLE IN THE RESEARCH SUBJECT

Answer 1

VARIABLE

Question 2

ARE THE QUALITIES OR CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAY CAUSE CHANGE IN THE SUBJECT

Answer 2

INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

Question 3

ARE THE QUALITIES OR CHARACTERISTICS THAT LEND TO BE AFFECTED BY THE INTODUCTION OR PRESENCE OF AN INDEPENDENT VARIABLE

Answer 3

DEPENDENT VARIABLE

Question 4

ARE VARIABLES THAT ARE NOT INDEPENDENT VARIABLES WHICH CAN AFFECT OR RELATE TO ANOTHER VARIABLE

Answer 4

EXTRANEOUS VARIABLE

Question 5

ARE VARIABLES THAT ARE RELATED TO BOTH THE INDEPENDENT AND DEPENDENT VARIABLE WHICH MAY LEAD TO A WRONG CONCLUSION ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP OR CAUSATION BETWEEN THE TWO VARIABLES

Answer 5

CONFOUNDING VARIABLES

Question 6

ARE TRAITS OR CHARACTERISTICS THAT DO NOT CHANGE THOUGHOUT THE EXPERIMENTATION OR RESEARCH PROCESS

Answer 6

CONSTANT VARIABLES

Question 7

ARE THOSE VARIABLES WHICH FALL UNDER INTERVAL AND RATIO SCALE OF MEASUREMENT E.G HEIGHT AND WEIGHT OF OBJECTS

Answer 7

CONTINUOUS VARIABLES

Question 8

ARE THOSE VARIABLES WITH ONLY TWO POSSIBLE RESULTS E.G YES OR NO RESPONSES AND HEAD OR TAILS IN A COIN TOSS

Answer 8

DICHOTOMOUS VARIABLES

Question 9

ARE VARIABLES WHICH CANNOT BE EXPLICITY SEEN, OBSERVED, OR MEASURED E.G FEELINGS, EMOTIONS, AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS A CERTAIN THING

Answer 9

LATENT VARIABLES

Question 10

ARE VARIABLES WHICH CAN BE SEEN, OBSERVED, OR MEASURED DIRECTLY. E.G COLOR OF HAIR, HEIGHT, AND SEX

Answer 10

MANIFEST VARIABLES