Question

To describe the instructors’ experience, the researcher defines three levels: no previous experience, experienced, very experienced.

1. What are the cases in this study? Explain

2. What is the type of the variable that describes each instructor’s experience in this scenario (categorical ordinal, categorical nominal, quantitative interval, quantitative ratio)?

3. What are the values of the variable?

Answer 1

(1)

There is one case in this study. It is: the instructors’ experience

Explanation:

The case in a data is the object in the collection. Here, the instructors’ experience is the object in the collection.

(2)

The type of the variable that describes each instructor’s experience in this scenario :

categorical ordinal

Explanation:

Instructor's experience is categorical because it takes on values that are names: no previous experience, experienced, very experienced. It is ordinal because it is data placed into a kind of order.

(3)

The values of the variable are: no previous experience, experienced, very experienced.