Types of Data

Question 1

Discrete unordered data, no ranking among groups

Examples: Gender, lived/died/ cured/not cured, diagnosis, smoker/nonsmoker, race

Answer 1

Nominal data

Question 2

Discrete data that ranked in a specific order, responses on a continuum, but no consistent level of magnitude between ranks. Order of numbers is meaningful, though.
Example NYHA heart failure classes, questionnaire scores, pain intensity

Answer 2

Ordinal data

Question 3

Continuous data when there is a consistent level of magnitude between data units, vbut the zero point is arbitrary
ie Farenheight scale

Answer 3

Interval data

Question 4

Continuous data when there is an absolute zero

examples: heart rates, blood pressures, distances

Answer 4

Ratio data

Question 5

One type of quantitative data where the measures are mutually exclusive

Answer 5

Discrete data

Question 6

Quantitative data that allows decimals

Answer 6

Continuous data