PSYC 202 Lecture 4: Module 4
29 Oct 2018
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Data and variables: a variable is any measurable characteristic of an observational unit, a variable contains three pieces of information, measurement unit (ex. Centimetres: a description of the observation unit (ex. Long jump distance: the particular value of a variable for an observation unit is the datum, ex. Long jump distance (cm) for each student- the data is 401cm, 389cm, 315cm. Types of variables: numerical variables are those where the data is a number, continuous numerical variable- a variable that can take on any continuous numbers and can take on any value including non-integers ex. Weight (104. 23kg: discrete numerical variable- a variable that can only take on integer numbers ex.
