Scales of Data for Psychological Research
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1) Which type of data out of nominal, ordinal, interval and ration scales of data is the most useful?
2) Explain how the type of data you find most useful may differ, according to the research question you are trying to answer.
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1) The ordinal scale of data is most useful in my opinion, due to the fact that this scale of data allows for a way that data can be listed in accordance to its priority, or importance, to the research that is being conducted. In addition, this scale of data provides a methodology by which subjective preferences can be listed by the subjects or subject of research, and ordered in a manner that reveals the order of importance that certain data has to those individuals in respect to their preference, by placing ...
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