Question

Determine whether the following sampling is dependent or independent. Indicate whether the response variable is qualitative or quantitative.

A researcher wishes to compare mental health of married lawyers and their spouses. She obtains a random sample of 406 such couples who take a mental health inventory and determines each spouses mental health.
1. Is this dependent or independent? Is it because one sample does or does not dictate the individual to be used in the second sample?
2. Is it quantitative or qualitative? And is that because it is an attribute classification or numerical measure?

Answer 1

1) Dependent. It is becasue one sample indicates the individual to be used in another sample.

2) Quantitative. Attribute classification is numerical measure

Explanation:

Mental health of Married lawyer and their spouses are to be compared. A married lawyers mental health is to be compared with his/her spouse only

Here attribute is mental health inventory which is quantitative.

Answer 2

Answer:1. Dependent

2.Qualitative Variable

Explanation:

Step 1--- Dependent

Reason-- The researcher considers a couple as a whole and The sampling is dependent because a spouce selected for one sample dictates or determines which individual to be in the second sample.

Step 2----Qualitative variable

Reason--- it classifies the individual spouce mental health based on mental health inventory of the couple

Because Qualitative variables are variables which can be placed according to characteristic or attribute, here the characteristics is mental health.