When Selecting a Dependent Variable, You Should Consider All of the Following

question 18

Multiple Choice

When selecting a dependent variable, you should consider all of the following EXCEPT:

• A) the measure has been used before.
• B) the validity of the measure has been established.
• C) the measure comes with testing forms.
• D) norms are available, when applicable.

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Definitions:

Population Parameter

A numerical value that describes a characteristic of a population, such as mean, standard deviation, proportion, etc., usually estimated through samples.

Larger Sample Sizes

Refers to increasing the number of observations in a study to improve the reliability and validity of statistical inferences.

Unbiased Estimators

Statistical estimators that, on average, hit the true parameter value of a population, not systematically overestimating or underestimating it.

Variance

A statistical measure of the distribution's spread, variance quantifies how much the numbers in a data set differ from the mean (or average) of that set.