According to the Textbook, Psychology Can Be Thought of as a Kind

question 156

Multiple Choice

According to the textbook, psychology can be thought of as a kind of "experimental philosophy" because psychology ____ while relying on the experimental method.

• A) addresses many of the same questions that interest philosophers
• B) is as popular today as philosophy was in ancient times
• C) also grew out of the mathematical sciences
• D) is also a highly controversial field

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Definitions:

Ordinal

Refers to a type of categorical variable with a set order or scale, but without a fixed interval between its values.

Level Of Measurement

The classification of a variable according to the attributes it can measure, such as nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio scale.

Grouped Frequency Distribution

A way of summarizing data by grouping values together into classes or intervals and displaying the count of data points within each class.

Interval

A type of variable measurement scale that represents ordered categories with equal distances between adjacent categories but no true zero point.