SOC222H5 Lecture Notes - British Association For Immediate Care, Scatter Plot, Research Question
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Why does this matter: relationships, causation and correlation, the two key questions, using spss, starting it up, spss data sets, running a scatterplot. All squared numbers are positive (-x)2 = x2. How to add up what follows the summation sign. Otherwise you won"t be able to take the test, or have your mark entered: clickers. What is level of measurement : use numbers to measure and we use numbers to mean different things (ratio, ordinal, dichotomy, nominal) Ratio (zero means something in terms of ratio measures) Survey on riskiest jobs-1 = low ,10 = high: rank orders, relative quantities/amounts, more or less or same as something as well. Math: can do two things with ordinals in math, but can"t add/subtract/etc. Assigning numbers to religion, so 1= christian, 2 = hindu, etc. ) Compare (equal or not equal and can"t say more or les) Time order (x has to come before y) Covariation (as x change, y changes in systematic fashion.
