Exam prep questions with correct answers
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Nominal //data //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔names, //labels, //or //distinguishing //numbers
ex: //gender, //hair //color, //zip //code
Ordinal //data //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔order //or //rank
ex: //satisfaction //survey
Discrete //data //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔usually //expressed //by //a //whole //number
ex: //number //of //children //in //a //family
Continuous //data //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔measured //to //the //nearest
ex: //body //temperature, //weight, //height
t-
test //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔applies //two //different //interventions //on //subjects //split //into //two //groups //
ex: /
/100 /
/patients /
/with /
/chronic /
/migraines, /
/one //group //receives //pharmaceutical //intervention //and //the //other //receives //injections
, chi-
square //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔looks /
/for /
/relationships //between //categorical //variables. //you //cannot //put //the //variables //into //an //order
ex: //relationship //between //depression //and //cardiac //event
ANOVA //- /
/CORRECT /
/ANSWERS(S)✔✔compares /
/more //than //two //"like" //groups //using //same //different //interventions
ex: /
/anterior /
/knee //pain. //one //group //uses //ice //pack //to //reduce //pain //and //another //receives //an //ultrasound
//three //times //a //week, //and //another //takes //500 //mg //Advil //daily
Wilcoxon //Signed-Rank //test //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔looks //for //differences //between //two
//sets //of //scores //with //the //same //participants.
ex: /
/men /
/with /
/lung /
/cancer /
/who /
/see /
/the //same //oncologists //or //women //with //lung //cancer //who //are //tested //every //six //months.