Qualitative Research One

Quantitative research usually takes place in a labatory.

Cross sectional data collection involves more than one data collection point

Deductive reasoning is usually quantitative design

The mean is an example of central tendancy

A type 1 error is rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true

What are the four levels of data?

Mode refers to the most frequent number in a group of numbers

Confidence intervals describes probability

A paradigm is believing there is a single reality or truth

Statistics describe characteristics of data

Nominal measurement

Which of these inductive steps are in the correct order?

Ratio measurement is the highest level of measurement

Relative risk means

Effect size measures how much a variable chages by

Inductive reasoning begins with a theory and confirms a hypothesis

Why do we use statistics?

Exposure can also be called the dependant variable

Standard deviation is an example of a skew

Standard Deviation considers how the data is distributed

Research designs includes deductive and/ or inductive reasoning

Interval measurement data are commonly used for psychological testing

Nominal measurement is the highest level of measurement

Ordinal measurement ranks objects on their relative standing or on a specific attribute eg. heaviest to lightest.

In a curved diagram, a negative skew means the left tail is longer