For each of the following variables, indicate whether it is quantitative or qualitative and specify the...
For each of the following variables, indicate whether it is quantitative or qualitative and specify the measurement scale that is employed when taking measurements on each:
- Rank of staff in Ho Regional Hospital
- Number of patients admitted to a mental health clinic
- Weights of babies born in a hospital during a year
- Gender of babies born in a hospital during a year
- Weather temperature on a particular day
- Skin colour of infants born in a hospital
- Weight category of babies born at Ho regional hospital on a certain day
- Type of foods eaten by stage three cancer patients admitted at Royal Hospital
- Glasses of water taken on a hot Sunday by students of UHAS
- Number of pregnant women who are malnourished in the Ho municipal hospital
- Diabetes status of 220 hospitalized cancer patients
- Number of patients diabetic patients admitted
- Pregnancy test result of women visiting first med diagnostic centre on a certain day
- Pints of blood taken from blood donors in the Ho municipality
- Religion of men above 40 years suffering from prostate cancer in the Ho municipality
- Stage of ovarian cancer in women at Adaklu
- The number of needle punctures required to obtain the biopsy specimen
- Infection status in urine samples of 157 patients admitted at Ho municipal hospital on a certain day
- Rank of staff in Ho Regional Hospital
- Number of patients admitted to a mental health clinic
- Weights of babies born in a hospital during a year
- Gender of babies born in a hospital during a year
- Weather temperature on a particular day
- Skin colour of infants born in a hospital
Homework Answers
For each of the following variables, indicate whether it is quantitative or qualitative and specify the measurement scale that is employed when taking measurements on each:
Rank of staff in Ho Regional Hospital
Qualitative and its level of measurement - ordinal, as they can be
ordered.
Number of patients admitted to a mental health
clinic
quantitative and its level of measurement - ratio, as the zero is
defined here.
Weights of babies born in a hospital during a
year
quantitative and its level of measurement - ratio, as the zero is
defined here.
Gender of babies born in a hospital during a
year
Qualitative and its level of measurement - nominal, as they cannot
be ordered.
Weather temperature on a particular day
quantitative and its level of measurement - interval, as the zero
is not defined here
Skin colour of infants born in a hospital
Qualitative and its level of measurement - nominal, as they cannot
be ordered.
Weight category of babies born at Ho regional hospital
on a certain day
quantitative and its level of measurement - ratio, as the zero is
defined here
Type of foods eaten by stage three cancer patients
admitted at Royal Hospital
Qualitative and its level of measurement - nomial, as they cannot
be ordered.
Glasses of water taken on a hot Sunday by students of
UHAS
quantitative and its level of measurement - ratio, as the zero is
defined here
Number of pregnant women who are malnourished in the Ho
municipal hospital
quantitative and its level of measurement - ratio, as the zero is
defined here
Diabetes status of 220 hospitalized cancer
patients
Qualitative and its level of measurement - ordinal, as they can be
ordered.
Number of patients diabetic patients
admitted
quantitative and its level of measurement - ratio, as the zero is
defined here
Pregnancy test result of women visiting first med
diagnostic centre on a certain day
Qualitative and its level of measurement - nomial, as they cannot
be ordered.
Pints of blood taken from blood donors in the Ho
municipality
quantitative and its level of measurement - ratio, as the zero is
defined here
Religion of men above 40 years suffering from prostate
cancer in the Ho municipality
Qualitative and its level of measurement - nomial, as they cannot
be ordered.
Stage of ovarian cancer in women at
Adaklu
Qualitative and its level of measurement - ordinal, as they can be
ordered.
The number of needle punctures required to obtain the
biopsy specimen
quantitative and its level of measurement - ratio, as the zero is
defined here
Infection status in urine samples of 157 patients admitted
at Ho municipal hospital on a certain day
Qualitative and its level of measurement - nomial, as they cannot
be ordered.
Rank of staff in Ho Regional Hospital
Qualitative and its level of measurement - ordinal, as they can be
ordered.
Number of patients admitted to a mental health
clinic
quantitative and its level of measurement - ratio, as the zero is
defined here
Weights of babies born in a hospital during a
year
quantitative and its level of measurement - ratio, as the zero is defined here
Gender of babies born in a hospital during a
year
Qualitative and its level of measurement - nomial, as they cannot
be ordered.
Weather temperature on a particular day
quantitative and its level of measurement - interval, as the zero
is not defined here
Skin colour of infants born in a hospital
Qualitative and its level of measurement - nomial, as they cannot
be ordered.
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