It deals with research relating to the behavior of people in their work relationships.
Types of variables used in behavioral research is one of the subtopic of chapter 3 , it discussed about the CRITERION or being predicted , such as job performance , job satisfaction, absenteeism or heart rate. The other one is PREDICTOR or the one used in predicting in criterion such as test scores , measures of physical characteristics or measures of other personal characteristics.
The types of measurement of variables is also discussed in chapter 3. To measure the predictors and criterion it requires a variables and there are 4 basic types of measurement or scales. First, Nominal Scale the categorical or level. ordinal scale , characterized the rank order. Interval scale the numerical difference, it has no absolute zero. Ratio scale , the Interval scale , the ratio scale does have an absolute zero.
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