A Popular Travel Magazine Regularly Reviews Hotels Worldwide

question 15

Multiple Choice

A popular travel magazine regularly reviews hotels worldwide.In a recent issue, it focused on hotels in Hawaii.Among the variables for which it provided data was whether or not the
Hotel included a spa.This is best described as a

• A)quantitative variable.
• B)identifier variable.
• C)ordinal variable.
• D)categorical variable.
• E)nominal variable.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.