What is the level of measurement for each of the following variables? a. Distanc

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What is the level of measurement for each of the following variables?

a. Distance nurses travel to Sacred Heart Hospital

b. A classification of patients by the state of birth

c. A classification of employees by ethnicity

d. A classification of workers by industry

e. Selling price of the Statistics for Nursing textbook

f. Student IQ ratings

g. Number of hours nurses work per week

h. Patient satisfaction with the service provided by the hospital

i. A classification of patients by gender

j. A patient’s temperature

k. Degree of pain expressed by a patient (measured on a 1 to 10 scale)

For each of the following variables state whether they are quantitative or qualitative.

a. Gender

b. Number of beds in ICU

c. Distance of the hospital from downtown

d. Selling price

e. Healthcare costs

f. Ethnicity

g. Years of experience

For each of the following variables state whether they are discrete or continuous.

a. Weight of a patient

b. Number of patients in a unit

c. Number of beds in CICU

d. Yearly rainfall in Spokane

e. The time a patient waits to obtain a service

Explanation / Answer

a.) Interval

b.) Ordinal

c.) Nominal

d.) Nominal

e.) Interval

f.) Interval

g.) Interval

h.) Ordinal

i.) Nominal

j.) Interval

k.) Ordinal

2.)

a.) Qualitative

b.) Quantitative

c.) quantitative

d.) Quantitative

e.) Quantitative

f.) Qualitative

g.) Qualitative

3.)

a.) Continuous

b.) Discrete

c.) Discrete

d.) Continuous

e.) Continuous

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