Understanding Variables and Levels of Measurement

Flashcards covering key concepts related to variables, types of measurement, and operational definitions.

Variable

A characteristic or attribute that can take on different values or categories.

Parenting Style

An example of a variable that describes how parents raise their children.

Self Esteem

A variable that indicates a person's overall subjective emotional evaluation of their own worth.

Emotional Regulation

The ability to monitor and manage emotional responses, which is an example of a variable.

Nominal Variables

Variables that name or categorize characteristics without a specific order.

Ordinal Variables

Variables that can be ordered or ranked according to some criteria.

Interval Variables

Variables that have ordered categories with equal intervals between them but no true zero point.

Ratio Variables

Variables that have all the characteristics of interval variables and also include a true zero point.

Operational Definition

A definition that describes how a concept will be measured in a particular study.

Likert Scale

A psychometric scale commonly used in surveys that employs scale points for respondents' answers.

Absolute Zero

A condition when a variable has a true zero point indicating the absence of the quantity being measured.