HW 1

GSS stands for

General Social Survey

A researcher is interested in testing the impact of a violent film on men's ability to solve disputes peacefully. Group 1 consists of twenty-six men who are shown a violent film before being paired with another person from the same group and given a problem to solve. A second group of twenty-six men are paired up and given problems to solve without seeing the violent movie beforehand. The experimenter measures the differences between the two groups in how the men went about solving the problems they were given by recording the number of times an individual used violent or threatening words, as well as the number of violent incidents, if in fact any violent incidents had occurred. The number of threats or other violent actions are measures of the:

dependent variable

Please identify the level of measurement (nominal, ordinal, or interval-ratio) for the following variable: The U.S. unemployment rate

interval-ratio

Please identify the level of measurement (nominal, ordinal, or interval-ratio) for the following variable: The percentage of university students who attended public high school

interval-ratio

Please identify the level of measurement (nominal, ordinal, or interval-ratio) for the following variable: Place of residence, classified as urban, suburban, or rural

nominal

Please identify the level of measurement (nominal, ordinal, or interval-ratio) for the following variable: The type of transportation a person takes to work (for example, bus, walk, or car)

nominal

Please identify the level of measurement (nominal, ordinal, or interval-ratio) for the following variable: The highest educational degree earned

ordinal

Please identify the level of measurement (nominal, ordinal, or interval-ratio) for the following variable: The rating of the overall quality of a textbook, on a scale from Excellent to Poor

ordinal