EPPP Psychology

Category - Research Methods and Statistics

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There are four types of data resulting from research that determine what kind of statistical test is used in analysis. What type of data involves tallying everyone in a group in order to obtain frequencies for ordered categories?

Ordinal data
Nominal data
Interval data
Ratio data

Explanation

Answer: A - Ordinal data involves tallying everyone in a group in order to obtain frequencies for ordered categories, such as socioeconomic status or attitude toward abortion (on a Likert scale). Group means cannot be calculated from ordinal data.

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