Attitudes to school (e.g. I like school, I think school is boring) is not a quantitative variable. Can you think of any ways you could study attitudes to school in quantitative research?
What will be an ideal response?
When we try to measure an attitudinal variable like this, we first need to think of some
good questions to ask, that can be indicators of the attitude we are studying. An example
of an item like that could be ‘I think I learn a lot of useful things at school’. To quantify
the answers to that question, we will typically use a rating scale, for example giving
respondents the choices:
- I agree
- I neither agree nor disagree
- I disagree
We would then give each of these responses a numerical code, for example ‘1’ for ‘I
agree’, ‘2’ for ‘I neither agree nor disagree’ and ‘3’ for I disagree’.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Define convergent thinking
What will be an ideal response?
In order to communicate your feelings, you need to
a. Let you emotions show (cry, etc.) b. Explain what your emotions are c. Use your emotions to make your point d. Hide your emotions
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a. course planning. b. unit planning. c. weekly planning. d. daily planning.