research methods ; picking a stats test

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LEVELS OF MEASUREMENT
JGG
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quantitative data can be divided into different levels of measurement which are?
nominal / ordinal / interval
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- nominal data
dfgdf
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data represented in form of?
categories
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for example being able to cont how many boys and girls in yr goup what are the categories?
boys / girls
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why is nominal data discrete?
one item can only appear in one of the categories
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- ordinal data
sdgdf
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ordinal data is data that is?
ordered in some way
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like asking people to do what with how stressed they feel after watching project x?
rate it from one to ten
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does it have equal intervals between each unit?
no
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e.g would it make sense to say someone that rated an 8 was twice as stressed as someone @ a 4?
no
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why does ordinal data lack precision?
based on subjective opinion > objective measures
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for these reasons ordinal data sometimes refered to as what kind of data bc lacks precision?
'unsafe'
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is it a part of statistical testing?
no
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why?
unsafe nature
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so what happens to these raw scores?
converted to ranks and its these ranks used in calculation
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- interval
dfgd
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based on numerical scales with?
units of equal precise sie
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why 'better' than ordinal in this sense?
more detail preserved
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like stopwatches / thermometers why?
public scales of meaurement that produce databased on accepted units of time
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interval most precise and sophisticated form of data and is necessary for use of what kind of tests?
parametric
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