Copy and paste the following examples 1-6 below then respond by classifying each of the following variables;

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As nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. Provide a brief explanation where indicated.

Given what you've learned in this module about the meaning of statistic choose one of the examples from Part I (1-6),

and raise a relevant question of your own that could be answered by a statistician. Then without answering your own question, explain how a pattern could be studied or a useful prediction made based on data that are to be collected.

Part III Quantitative vs. Qualitative Data approximately 1-1/2 pages

A health scientist wishes to measure how well participants diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder are coping. Explain how a variable such as coping could be measured quantitively or qualitatively.

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→ Search the web... Student Ledge Report Trident University Portal B Case - BHS220 Introduc x + : * & 1 个 A https://tic.trident.edu/d2l/le/content/113047/viewContent/2751125/View 忘記 Part I (approximately 1-1/2 pages, total): Copy and paste the following examples (1-6 below), then respond by classifying each of the following variables as either: nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio. Provide a brief explanation where indicated. 1. A researcher studying lifespan categorizes individuals into single, married, divorced, or widowed. What type of variable measurement is this? 2. A cognitive scientist places her subjects into categories based on how anxious they tell her that they are feeling: "not anxious," "mildly anxious," "moderately anxious," and "severely anxious," and she uses the numbers 0, 1, 2 and 3 to label categories where lower numbers indicate less anxiety. What type of variable measurement is this? Are the categories mutually exclusive? 3. A Physician diagnoses the presence or absence of disease (i.e., yes or no). What type of variable measurement is this? 4. A person weighing 200 lbs. is considered to be twice as heavy as a person weighing 100 lbs. In this case, what type of measurement is body weight? 5. A nurse takes measurements of body temperature on patients and reports them in units of degrees Farenheit as part of a study. What type of variable measurement is this? 6. Patients rate their experience in the emergency room on a five point scale from poor to excellent (1 = very poor, 2 = not very good, 3 = neither good nor bad, 4 = quite good, and 5 = excellent). What type of variable measurement is this? Is the difference between a 1 and a 2 necessarily the same as the difference between a 3 and a 4? Explain briefly. Type here to search g са ()) # 11:31 AM 9/12/2018 บ → с Search the web... Student Ledge Report Trident University Portal B Case - BHS220 Introduc x + : * 3 个 O https://tic.trident.edu/d21/le/content/113047/viewContent/2751125/View Part II: Statistics (1/2 page) Given what you've learned in this module about the meaning of “statistics," choose one of the examples from Part I (1-6), and raise a relevant question of your own that could be answered by a statistician. Then without answering your own question, explain how a pattern could be studied or a useful prediction made based on data that are to be collected. Part III: Quantitative vs. Qualitative Data (approximately 1–172 pages) A health scientist wishes to measure how well participants diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder are coping. Explain how a variable such as coping could be measured quantitatively or qualitatively. Assignment Expectations Assessment and Grading: Your paper will be assessed based on the performance assessment rubric. You can view it under Assessments at the top of the page. Review it before you begin working on the assignment. Your work should also follow these Assignment Expectations. Privacy Policy | Contact Reflect in ePortfolio Download Print E Open with docReader < > Activity Details Type here to search g та ? o » ¥ 11:32 AM 9/12/2018
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1. A researcher studying lifespan categorizes individuals into single, married,
divorced, or widowed. What type of variable measurement is this?
This is a nominal variable measurement considering that it is categorical and does not
have numeric value. There is also no rank or order in these categories, (Marchiori, 2018).
1. A cognitive scientist places her subjects into categories based on how anxious
they tell her that they are feeling: “not anxious”, “mildly anxious”, “moderately
anxious” and “severely anxious”, and she uses the numbers 0, 1, 2 and 3 to label
categories where lower numbers indicate less anxiety. What type of variable
measurement is this? Are the categories mutually exclusive?
This is an ordinal variable measurement. These categories are mutually exclusive
considering that they all have different level of outcomes or meanings. The values can also be
used to calculate the mean but not the difference.
2. A Physician diagnoses the presence or absence of disease (i.e. yes or no). What
type of variable measurement is this?
This is a nominal variable m...


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