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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 non-ordered categories?

Ordinal data
Nominal data
Ratio data
Interval data

Explanation

Answer: B - Nominal data involves tallying everyone in a group to obtain frequencies for non-ordered categories, such as sex, race, or political affiliation. Frequencies are then converted to percentages. Nominal data cannot be used to calculate group means.

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