Quarter 1:Module

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KINDS OF VARIABLES AND THEIR USES
 VARIABLES

-isconsidered as a central
concept in research. It is a
measurable characteristic that
-a variable is anything that may
changes in value.
assume varied numerical or
cathegorical values.
1. DISCRETE and CONTINUOUS
VARIABLE
 1.1 DISCRETE VARIABLE

A discrete variable is a type of

statistical variable that can
assume only fixed number of
distinct values and lacks an
This is also known as a categorical
inherent order.
variable, because it has separate,
invisible categories.
EXAMPLES OF DISCRETE
VARIABLE
1. Number of printing mistakes in a
book.
2. Number of road accidents in
Metro Manila.
3. Classroom attendance
DISCRETE DATA KEY
•You can count the data . It is usually
CHARACTERISTICS:
units counted
•The values cannot be divided into
smaller pieces
•You cannot
•It has measure
a limited number theofdata. By nature,
possible
discrete data
values e.g. cannot
days of thebemonth.
measured at all.
•Discrete data is graphically displayed by
a bar graph.
1.2 CONTINUOUS VARIABLE
 CONTINUOUS VARIABLE
- Continuous Variable,as the
name suggest is a random
variable that assumes all the
possible values in a continuoum.
A continuous Variable is one
that is defined over an interval of
values, meaning that it can
suppose any values in between
EXAMPLES OF CONTINUOUS
VARIABLE
1. Height of a person
2. Age of a person
 CONTINUOUS DATA KEY
•In general, continuous Variable are
CHARACTERISTICS:
not counted.
•The values can be subdivided into
smaller and smaller pieces and they
have additional measurable.
•It
•Thehascontinuous
an infinite number
data is of possible
measurable
values within an interval.
2. INDEPENDENT
and DEPENDENT
VARIABLES
-A Variable is not only something
that you
measure, but also something that
-An Independent Variable experimental or
you can
manipulate and control for.
Predictor Variable is a variable that is
being
manipulate order to observe the effect
this has
on a dependent variable (some variable),
 Both the independent variable and
Dependent variable are examined in an
experiment using the scientific method
so it's important variableto know what
they are long
Ex: How and how to use(independent
you sleep them.
variable) affects your test score
(dependent variable). This makes sense
REMEMBER

3 Things
 1. Think of an Independent
Variable as a cause that
-Aproduces
Variable isana affect
category or
characteristics that's measured in
an
equation or experiment. An
Independent
Variable stands alone and isn't
2. Treat the Dependent
Variable as
an Outcome
-A Dependent Variable is an effect
or result, and it always depends
on
another factor. The goal of an
experiment or study is to explain
or
predict comethe dependent
3.Remember that a Dependent
Variable can't change an
Independent Variable
-When distinguishing between
variables,ask
yourself if it makes sense to say one
leads
to the other. Since a Dependent
Variable is