[HSS2381] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (14 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 2381
• Professor: Kerry- Ann Hogan

Document Summary

Qualitative research: may be more concerned with the individual"s personal experieces of the problem under study. Assumed to be true until support for theresearch hypothesis is demonstrated. Nominal: the values name the attrivute uniquely, does not imply any ordering (ex. Jersey numbers or dates in a calendar: ex. Race, ethnicity, yes = 1, no = 0. Ordinal: also categorical, but some categories are higher than others, ex. Income tax brackets, social class, level of education. Interval: provide a scale or index for us to measure between variables, distance is measured between points on a scale with even units, ex. Temp in fahrenheit or celsius: distance has meaning but not ratios (80 degrees isn"t twice as hot as 40) Ratio: similar to interval level variables in that it can measure the distance between two points, but can do so in absolute terms, have a true zero that is meaningful, ex.