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I need help creating a social science question that involves two variables.
What variable names are involved with the question?
Determine whether each of the variables is qualitative or quantitative, and why? Determine if they are discrete or continuous, and why? Determine their level of measurement. Be sure that you understand the definitions of all data types and levels.
Invent 10 data values to describe each of the variables identified.
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Create a social science question that involves two variables.
What variable names are involved with the question?
Determine whether each of the variables is qualitative or quantitative, and why? Determine if they are discrete or continuous, and why? Determine their level of measurement. Be sure that you understand the definitions of all data types and levels.
Invent 10 data values to describe each of the variables identified.
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Social science question: Is there a correlation between age and political party affiliation? Variations on this could be things along the line of "Are older people more likely to be Republicans?" or "Are younger people more likely to be Independent?", and so on.
Variable Names: Age; Party Affiliation.
Age is quantitative because it is a number. It measures the quantity of years a person has been alive. Party Affiliation is qualitative because it is not measuring a ...
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