Lesson 1.3.2
1.3.2 Levels and types of data Quiz: OCR Psychology, Unit 1
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The 20 questions
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Which level of data categorises responses into named, mutually exclusive groups?
- Ordinal
- Ratio
- Interval
- Nominal
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Which level of data involves placed rankings where intervals between points are unequal?
- Interval
- Ratio
- Nominal
- Ordinal
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Which level of data uses public, standardised units with equal measurement intervals?
- Interval
- Nominal
- Qualitative
- Ordinal
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What type of data is rich, non-numerical, descriptive text gathered from interviews?
- Nominal
- Quantitative
- Interval
- Qualitative
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What type of data consists of numerical information that can be counted or measured?
- Qualitative
- Primary
- Secondary
- Quantitative
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What term describes data collected directly first-hand by researchers specifically for their study?
- Secondary
- Meta-data
- Qualitative
- Primary
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What term describes pre-existing data gathered by someone other than the current researcher?
- Secondary
- Primary
- Raw
- Nominal
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A researcher tallies participants as either 'smoker' or 'non-smoker'. What data level is this?
- Quantitative
- Nominal
- Ordinal
- Interval
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Participants rate their mood on a subjective scale from 1 to 10. What level of data is collected?
- Ordinal
- Nominal
- Interval
- Ratio
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Measuring body temperature in degrees Celsius produces which level of measurement data?
- Nominal
- Qualitative
- Ordinal
- Interval
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Converting continuous test scores into 'pass' or 'fail' categories transforms the data into what?
- Interval
- Ordinal
- Qualitative
- Nominal
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Which type of data specifically matches the exact operationalised hypothesis of the researcher?
- Primary
- Qualitative
- Secondary
- Interval
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Using government crime statistics collected five years ago is an example of using what?
- Secondary data
- Primary data
- Qualitative data
- Nominal data
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Counting how many times words like 'stress' appear in diary entries produces what data type?
- Secondary
- Qualitative
- Quantitative
- Ordinal
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A researcher records reaction time in milliseconds. Which level of measurement is this?
- Qualitative
- Interval
- Ordinal
- Nominal
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Recording who came 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in a running race generates which data level?
- Nominal
- Ordinal
- Interval
- Ratio
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Which type of data often requires less time and expense for researchers to gather?
- Qualitative
- Secondary
- Primary
- Raw
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What measurement feature distinguishes ratio level data from standard interval level data?
- Absolute zero
- Rank ordering
- Named categories
- Equal intervals
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Which type of data provides high depth and detailed insight into human thoughts?
- Quantitative
- Qualitative
- Nominal
- Interval
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Which type of data allows easy statistical analysis and objective comparison between conditions?
- Quantitative
- Secondary
- Subjective
- Qualitative
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