To prepare:
- Review your research problem statement from your last assingment to develop your research question.
- Consider the levels of measurement for your variables: nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio.
- After reviewing your research question and considering the levels of measurement, analyze your classification for each variable. What was behind your reasoning for labeling the variables? How might the data be analyzed based on these labels?
- Consider advantages and challenges that you might encounter in the statistical analysis of your proposed variables.
The assignment:
Post your research question and describe the independent and dependent variables. Then, identify the level of measurement of both your independent and dependent variables. Provide a brief rationale for your classification of each variable. Be specific. Explain considerations of analyzing data related to each variable based on its level of measurement. Be sure to include any advantages or challenges that you might encounter in your statistical analysis of each variable and explain why. please include at least 3 references
