Which Characteristic Is an Essential Criterion for Categorizing an Object

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which characteristic is an essential criterion for categorizing an object, event, or fact as nominal level data? (Select all that apply.)

• A) The degree of the characteristic must be positively related to the number assigned.
• B) Rank orders must be calculated for meaningful interpretation.
• C) Categories must be mutually exclusive.
• D) Category ranges cannot overlap.

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Definitions:

Psychologically Meaningless

Refers to information or stimuli that hold no significant value or relevance to one's mental processes or emotional state.

Sexual Tension

describes the mutual feelings of attraction and desire often experienced between individuals, particularly when they resist physical intimacy.

Manifest Content

The literal content and storyline of a dream as remembered by the dreamer.

Latent Content

In psychoanalytic theory, this term refers to the hidden psychological meaning of dreams, beneath the manifest content or the dream as remembered by the dreamer.