The Only Arithmetic Operation That a Researcher Can Do with a Nominal

question 25

True/False

The only arithmetic operation that a researcher can do with a nominal scale is a count of the number of responses in each category.

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Definitions:

Underextending

The cognitive error where a child applies a word too narrowly, limiting its use to a single object instead of to all objects that belong to a particular category.

Waving Bye-Bye

A common gestural action to express departure or farewell, often one of the first communicative gestures learned by infants.

Underextension

A language development error in which a child applies a word too narrowly, failing to include objects or events that the word should apply to.

Gestures

Movements of the body, especially the hands and arms, that express ideas or feelings.