PSYC 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Theoretical Definition, Eharmony, Heart Rate
14 Jul 2020
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Quick reflexes : have to describe where, eye knee, anxiety . Eye color: self-report, ask what your eye color, observational. Look at their eye color: physiological, machine measures pigment in eye, 2. Rating of well-being on a 5-point scale: self report, 3. Reaction time at a computer task: physilogical, 4. Order of finishers in a 5k race: observational, maybe self-report, 5. Degree of pain felt, as rated on a 10-point scale: self-report, 8. Seating order in an auditorium: observational, variables and measurement : scale/level level of measurement (lom, how we measure the variable , nominal scales , ordinal scales . : males/females (can use 1s or 2s to represent males and females); experimental condition/control condition : eating preferences. Impossible to define any quantitative values or differences across categories : males and females what ever numbers i want!, we still convert to numbers used in statistical programs, ordinal scale, rank ordering with numeric values , ex.
