D514 EXAM PREP
Nominal43data43-43answer--names,43labels,43or43distinguishing43numbers
ex:43gender,43hair43color,43zip43code
Ordinal43data43-43answer--order43or43rank
ex:43satisfaction43survey
Discrete43data43-43answer--usually43expressed43by43a43whole43number
ex:43number43of43children43in43a43family
Continuous43data43-43answer--measured43to43the43nearest
ex:43body43temperature,43weight,43height
t-test43-43answer--
applies43two43different43interventions43on43subjects43split43into43two43groups43
ex:4310043patients43with43chronic43migraines,43one43group43receives43pharmaceutical43i
ntervention43and43the43other43receives43injections
chi-square43-43answer--
looks43for43relationships43between43categorical43variables.43you43cannot43put43the43vari
ables43into43an43order
ex:43relationship43between43depression43and43cardiac43event
ANOVA43-43answer--
compares43more43than43two43"like"43groups43using43same43different43interventions
ex:43anterior43knee43pain.43one43group43uses43ice43pack43to43reduce43pain43and43anothe
r43receives43an43ultrasound43three43times43a43week,43and43another43takes4350043mg43A
dvil43daily
Wilcoxon43Signed-Rank43test43-43answer--
looks43for43differences43between43two43sets43of43scores43with43the43same43participants.
ex:43men43with43lung43cancer43who43see43the43same43oncologists43or43women43with43lu
ng43cancer43who43are43tested43every43six43months.
Nominal43data43-43answer--names,43labels,43or43distinguishing43numbers
ex:43gender,43hair43color,43zip43code
Ordinal43data43-43answer--order43or43rank
ex:43satisfaction43survey
Discrete43data43-43answer--usually43expressed43by43a43whole43number
ex:43number43of43children43in43a43family
Continuous43data43-43answer--measured43to43the43nearest
ex:43body43temperature,43weight,43height
t-test43-43answer--
applies43two43different43interventions43on43subjects43split43into43two43groups43
ex:4310043patients43with43chronic43migraines,43one43group43receives43pharmaceutical43i
ntervention43and43the43other43receives43injections
chi-square43-43answer--
looks43for43relationships43between43categorical43variables.43you43cannot43put43the43vari
ables43into43an43order
ex:43relationship43between43depression43and43cardiac43event
ANOVA43-43answer--
compares43more43than43two43"like"43groups43using43same43different43interventions
ex:43anterior43knee43pain.43one43group43uses43ice43pack43to43reduce43pain43and43anothe
r43receives43an43ultrasound43three43times43a43week,43and43another43takes4350043mg43A
dvil43daily
Wilcoxon43Signed-Rank43test43-43answer--
looks43for43differences43between43two43sets43of43scores43with43the43same43participants.
ex:43men43with43lung43cancer43who43see43the43same43oncologists43or43women43with43lu
ng43cancer43who43are43tested43every43six43months.