AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
An information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help with making decisions. It is called?
A
Facts
B
Data
C
Input
D
Information simulation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help with making decisions: The data shows that more than 80% of the agricultural workforce is Hispanic. financial/personal/sales data.

Detailed explanation-2: -Data is information such as facts and numbers used to analyze something or make decisions. Computer data is information in a form that can be processed by a computer.

Detailed explanation-3: -The word Data is defined in Webster’s 11th Collegiate Dictionary as “factual information (as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation.” That definition confirms what is commonly thought about data when referring to research projects.

Detailed explanation-4: -Quantitative data are measures of values or counts and are expressed as numbers. Quantitative data are data about numeric variables (e.g. how many; how much; or how often).

Detailed explanation-5: -: knowledge obtained from investigation, study, or instruction. (2) : intelligence, news. (3) : facts, data.

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