tennis match. Continuous numerical. b) Water consumption (in liters) by a randomly chosen US Open player during a match. Discrete numerical. c) Gender of a randomly chosen tennis player in the US Open tennis tournament. Categorical 2) Which measurement level (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio) is each of the following variables? a) Number of annual office visits by a particular Medicare subscriber. Ordinal b) Daily caffeine consumption by a six year old child. Interval c) Type of vehicle
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Nominal is a variable in which the values are categories. Example: a study of human gender. Male and Female D. Ratio Scale is a scale of measurement of data which permits the comparison of difference of values; a scale having a fixed zero value. (Collins English Dictionary,(2003) Example: A long jump runner has to jump from a line (O) and jump as far as he or she can ( scale to x). E. Continuous, there are in theory an infinite number of values between any two values. Example: A person’s height
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Quick Start for Pro/Student Introduction This short document is intended to be a quick start guide. To access the full help system, go to HELP on the top menu, and then select siliconCOACH Help. The electronic Help system will start up as shown below. • On the left of the screen you will see a list of headings. Click on “How Do I?” then select the task you would like help with, for example “Capture Video”. • The Help screen will then display some text and icons. By clicking on the thumbnail icons
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Statistical Information Paper HCS 438 July 17, 2011 Monica Vargas Statistical Information Paper Statistics are used in many different ways in my workplace. The use of statistics is for the improvement of quality care and safety. Statistics are also used to measure employee compliance in regards to hand washing and proper use of policies and procedures. We also use charts and graphs to show infection rates, skin integrity, falls within the facility, budget concerns, and many more. These graphs
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Example of qualitative is a type of car and for the quantitative variables is the number of runner in the marathon. 6. Explain the difference between a sample and a population Population is the entire of individuals or objects of interest or the measurements obtained from all individuals or objects of interest. A sample taken from population, so that’s mean the sample is a proportion. 7. Explain the difference between a discrete and a continuous. Give an example of each not included in the text
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performance. Public agencies use economy, effectiveness and efficiency to determine performance. All these three parameters relate to inputs and outputs of the agency (Cutler, Cutler & Waine, 1997, p. 98). However, measurement of inputs and outputs presents some challenges. Thus, during measurement of performance of a public agency one has to make a choice of what to measure among the three parameters in order for performance to be evaluated effectively. For instance, economy relate to input, efficiency
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Investigating the index of refraction of a semicircular acrylic plastic block | A1 | A2 | A3 | EX | | | | A | | | | EV | | | | Name: _Felix Koay_ Date: March 5th, 2015 Topic: 4.3 Design In this experiment you will investigate the relationship between the angle of incidence and the angle of refraction of a ray of light when it passes through a semicircular piece of acrylic. An initial hypothesis would suggest that as you increase
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because they believe in the purpose of the company and they feel engaged in its success. From 2002 onward, the entire company adopted the two-dimension scale, with one dimension focusing on business objectives and the other focusing on values and behaviors consistent with Novartis norms. Each of these two performance dimensions had a three-point scale, with 1 indication poor performance dimensions, 2 indicating satisfactory performance, and 3 indicating superior performance. Employees saw their compensation
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Conceptualization and Measurement in Criminology and Criminal Justice In chapter 3 of The Practice of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice there are four areas of focus. They are concepts, measurement operations, evaluation of measures, and levels of measurement. We are going to address conceptualization by using substance abuse and related ideas as examples. For measurement, let us review first how measures of substance abuse have been created, utilizing procedures as available data
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Raj Nathwani Chemistry 201 Laboratory 2: Density Measurement Introduction: The purpose of this laboratory exercise is to introduce basic laboratory measurements, with a specific emphasis on the units of mass and volume. Familiarization with measuring mass and volume, and calculating density from the results will also be executed. The overall goal of the laboratory is for the student to be able to draw conclusions on the relation between the position of metals on the periodic table
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