Researchers studying the relationship between honesty, age, and self-control conducted an experiment on 160 children between the ages of 5 and 15. Participants reported their age, gender identity, and whether they were an only child or not. The researchers asked each child to toss a fair coin in private and to record the outcome (heads or tails) on a paper sheet, and said they would only reward children who report heads. Half the students were explicitly told not to cheat and the others were not given any explicit instructions. In the "no instruction" group the probability of cheating was found to be uniform across groups based on a child's characteristics. In the group that was explicitly told to not cheat, girls were less likely to cheat, and while rate of cheating didn't vary by age for boys, it decreased with age for girls (Ritz et al. 2000). Below are some of the variables from the experiment. Match these variables with their types.
age is ___.
a. numerical discrete
b. numerical continuous
c categorical nominal
d. categorical ordinal
gender identity is ___
a. numerical discrete
b. numerical continuous
c categorical nominal
d. categorical ordinal
only child status is __.
a. numerical discrete
b. numerical continuous
c categorical nominal
d. categorical ordinal
result of the coin flip is __.
a. numerical discrete
b. numerical continuous
c categorical nominal
d. categorical ordinal
whether or not the child was given instuctions is ___.
a. numerical discrete
b. numerical continuous
c categorical nominal
d. categorical ordinal
whether or not the child cheated is ___
a. numerical discrete
b. numerical continuous
c categorical nominal
d. categorical ordinal