Walden University Variables Values and Levels of Measurement Questions

QUESTION 1

1. Scenario:

   A purposive sample of psychology graduate students finishing up their dissertation at one online university (n = 80), one public brick-and-mortar university (n = 35), and one private brick-and-mortar university (n = 20) rated overall satisfaction with their dissertation chair using a scale of 0 (completely dissatisfied) to 100 (completely satisfied). Each university had 100 students finishing up their dissertation.

   Note: All of the following items refer to the scenario. Which of the following is a value?

   	a.	Psychology graduate students
   	b.	Online university
   	c.	Type of university
   	d.	Overall satisfaction

14.29 points

QUESTION 2

1. Note: Please refer to the previous scenario to answer this question.Type of university is measured on which of the following levels of measurement?

   	a.	Nominal
   	b.	Ordinal
   	c.	Interval
   	d.	Ratio

14.285 points

QUESTION 3

1. Note: Please refer to the previous scenario to answer this question.Which of the following would be an appropriate visual display of type of university?

   	a.	Scatterplot
   	b.	Pie chart
   	c.	Histogram
   	d.	Residuals chart

14.285 points

QUESTION 4

1. Note: Please refer to the previous scenario to answer this question.What is the dependent variable?

   	a.	Overall satisfaction
   	b.	Psychology graduate students
   	c.	Type of university
   	d.	Public brick-and-mortar university

14.285 points

QUESTION 5

1. Note: Please refer to the previous scenario to answer this question.What is the independent variable?

   	a.	Overall satisfaction
   	b.	Psychology graduate students
   	c.	Type of university
   	d.	Public brick-and-mortar university

14.285 points

QUESTION 6

1. Note: Please refer to the previous scenario to answer this question.Which of the following is a variable?

   	a.	Purposive sample
   	b.	Online universityIncorrect. This is a value.
   	c.	Dissertation chairs
   	d.	Overall satisfaction

14.285 points

QUESTION 7

1. Note: Please refer to the previous scenario to answer this question.Referring to Figures 1-4 below, which type of figure is most appropriate as a visual display of overall satisfaction?

   	a.	Figure 1
   	b.	Figure 2
   	c.	Figure 3
   	d.	Figure 4