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HLTH 490 Test 1 SPSS Chapter 1
Levels of Msmt.
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Health Care
Undergraduate 3
02/08/2009

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In addition to planning what, whom, when, and how to observe, what else do researchers plan before conducting their research?
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how to analyze the data
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What are the two primary considerations researchers use when choosing statistical methods for analyzing a given set of data?
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purpose of research and characteristics of data
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Number-right scores on a MC math test are what level of msmt.?
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interval
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Religious affiliation measured by grouping individuals into categories such as Protestant, Catholic, etc. is what level of msmt.?
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nominal
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Researchers often avoid measuring at what level of msmt. when they can measure a given variable at a higher level?
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ordinal
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