Psychology statistics

Psychological Statistics, Stat 180 Section (…) Assignment 1 (due 15/9/2024) Fall 2024 Name: ID number: 1) For each of the following, determine if the variable is continuous or discrete: * Time taken to read a book chapter: Continuous * Favorite food: Discrete * Cognitive ability: Continuous * Temperature: Continuous * Letter grade received in a class: Discrete 2) For each of the following, determine the level of measurement: * T-shirt size: Ordinal-T-shirt sizes (small, medium, large, etc.) represent a ranking order, but the differences between sizes are not necessarily uniform, so it is ordinal. * Time taken to run a 100-meter race: Ratio-Time is a continuous variable with a meaningful zero point (0 seconds means no time taken), and the differences and ratios between values are meaningful, making it ratio level. * First, second, and third place in 100 meter race: Ordinal-These are rankings that indicate order, but the difference between places (e.g., time between first and second) is not uniform or necessarily meaningful, so this is ordinal. * Birthplace: Nominal- Birthplace is a categorical variable with no inherent order (e.g., New York, Tokyo), so it is nominal. * ...