Educational Resources for Students Professor David J. Demko, PhD AgeVenture News Service AGEVENTURE GLOSSARY OF KEY TERMS IN AGING Common terms frequently used by those discussing and/or working in the field. Examples of processes: age, aging, anti-aging, life-expectancy, life-span, retirement. Examples of age groups: geron, senior citizen, boomers, gen-x, gen-y, zoomers. KEY TERMS IN SOCIAL RESEARCH Variables, constants, and operational definitions. Levels of measurement: nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio. Descriptive and inferential statistics. Parametric and non-parametric statistics and applicable tools. See related articles in AgeVenture archives. AgeVenture Headline News AgeVenture Lifestyle Features AgeVenture News Service, www.demko.com BACK TO TOP