RESEARCH METHODS MIDTERM - MCPHS SPRING 2024 Exam Study Guide with Complete Solutions
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RESEARCH METHODS MIDTERM -
MCPHS SPRING 2024 Exam Study Guide
with Complete Solutions
dichotomous measure - Answer️️ -describes the presence or absence of an attribute
(ex smoker/non-smoker)
nominal data - Answer️️ -categories that vary with no natural order (ex blood types)
ordinal d...
RESEARCH METHODS MIDTERM -
MCPHS SPRING 2024 Exam Study Guide
with Complete Solutions
dichotomous measure - Answer✔️✔️-describes the presence or absence of an attribute
(ex smoker/non-smoker)
nominal data - Answer✔️✔️-categories that vary with no natural order (ex blood types)
ordinal data - Answer✔️✔️-categories with natural order but without clear units (ex severe
vs mild symptoms)
what are the types of categorical (qualitative) data? - Answer✔️✔️-nominal and ordinal
what are the types of numerical (quantitative) data? - Answer✔️✔️-discrete and
continuous
discrete data - Answer✔️✔️-data that can only take certain values (ex whole numbers)
continuous data - Answer✔️✔️-data that can take any value (ex decimals)
mean - Answer✔️✔️-average value; sum of all observations / # of observations
median - Answer✔️✔️-middle value; 50th percentile
mode - Answer✔️✔️-most common value
range - Answer✔️✔️-difference between the highest and lowest values in a distribution
Interquartile Range (IQR) - Answer✔️✔️-the difference between the first and third
quartiles (middle 50% of observations)
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