25. Medical statistics Flashcards
1
Q
What is meant by the mean?
A
The average
2
Q
What is meant by the median?
A
The middle
3
Q
What is meant by standard deviation?
A
Thew average standard difference in the data set
4
Q
What are the various categories of data?
A
Ordinal- there is a sense of order
Nominal- no order
Dichotomous- only 2 options
5
Q
When are median and interquartile data used?
A
When data is skewed or when there are many ordinal points that are not equally scaled
