Exam Solution Manual for Fundamentals of Biostatistics
Biostatistics - Answers data analysis and interpretation in health care research
data analysis - Answers application of statisical tests
quantitative - Answers numerical representation
qualitative - Answers quality or nature of variable that cannot be measured by numbers
independent variable - Answers variable manipulated in study
depedent - Answers variable being tested
continuous - Answers larege or infitie number of measures along a continuum
discrete - Answers counted in whole numbers
categorical - Answers has no numerical representation
dichontomous - Answers places data into 2 group
scales of measurement - Answers nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio
nominal scale - Answers who?
nominal scale - Answers data organized by, characteristics or numbers, assigned into categories by name
only- no rank orders or value
nominal - Answers examples gender = male/female, race = white./black.. eye color = brown/blue
ordinal - Answers what order?
ordinal - Answers data organized into categories in rank order, ranks not equal
ordinal - Answers examples = chair in an orchesstra, cancer stages, SES, classifications of patients
interval - Answers how often?
interval - Answers determines quantities characterized by having order and equal distance between two
adjacent units of measurements
interval - Answers examples = no ture zero point
ratio - Answers has all the qualities of nominal, ordinal and interval but also has an absolute zero
ratio - Answers examples = height, weight, number of teeth,
descriptive, inferential statistics - Answers 2 types of statistics
Biostatistics - Answers data analysis and interpretation in health care research
data analysis - Answers application of statisical tests
quantitative - Answers numerical representation
qualitative - Answers quality or nature of variable that cannot be measured by numbers
independent variable - Answers variable manipulated in study
depedent - Answers variable being tested
continuous - Answers larege or infitie number of measures along a continuum
discrete - Answers counted in whole numbers
categorical - Answers has no numerical representation
dichontomous - Answers places data into 2 group
scales of measurement - Answers nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio
nominal scale - Answers who?
nominal scale - Answers data organized by, characteristics or numbers, assigned into categories by name
only- no rank orders or value
nominal - Answers examples gender = male/female, race = white./black.. eye color = brown/blue
ordinal - Answers what order?
ordinal - Answers data organized into categories in rank order, ranks not equal
ordinal - Answers examples = chair in an orchesstra, cancer stages, SES, classifications of patients
interval - Answers how often?
interval - Answers determines quantities characterized by having order and equal distance between two
adjacent units of measurements
interval - Answers examples = no ture zero point
ratio - Answers has all the qualities of nominal, ordinal and interval but also has an absolute zero
ratio - Answers examples = height, weight, number of teeth,
descriptive, inferential statistics - Answers 2 types of statistics
