Quantitative Variables

Question 1

Two types of quantitative variables

________ or _________

Answer 1

Discrete or Continuous

Question 2

Discrete aka ________ variable

Continuous aka ________ variable

Answer 2

Integer

Ratio

Question 3

Examples of continuous variables??

Answer 3

Weight
Height
Serum cholesterol

Question 4

An ordinal Variable can also be used as a quantitative variable

T/F

And in what scenario

Answer 4

T

If the scale is numeric and doesn’t need to be kept as discrete integers

Question 5

Qualitative or __________ variables

Answer 5

Categorical

Question 6

There are _____ types of Qualitative variables

List them

Answer 6

Binary
Nominal
Ordinal

Question 7

Binary variable

Represents ?????

Examples????

Answer 7

Yes or no

Disease state, exposure state , survival status

Question 8

Nominal variable

Represents ?????

Examples????

Answer 8

Groups with no rank or order between them

Gender, blood group, religion

Question 9

Ordinal variable

Represents ?????

Examples????

Answer 9

Groups with order or rank between them

Pain severity
Disease staging
Rating of a product

Question 10

Independent variable(________)

Dependent variable (__________)

Control variables (________)

Answer 10

Cause

Effect

Constant