Instruction
Levels of Measurement and Concepts of Validity Provide a 3-paragraph response: 1 paragraph in which you differentiate between the levels of measurement by providing an example of data that can be transformed from one level of measurement to another, and another example of data that cannot be transformed. Include an explanation for why some data can be transformed and some cannot. 2 paragraphs comparing the concept of validity for design to the concept of validity for measurement.
Review Chapter 7, `Measurement,` and Appendix C in the course text Research Methods in the Social Sciences.
Course Text: Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Chapter 5, `Research Designs: Experiments`
Chapter 6, `Research Designs: Cross-Sectional and Quasi-Experimental Designs`