Mercy Care Hospital conducted a year long study to measure the effect of smoking
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Question
Mercy Care Hospital conducted a year long study to measure the effect of smoking upon the birth weight of a newborn. In 2010, the following information was collected for each mother and her newborn, who participated in the study. Mother smoked during the pregnancy: YES NO Newborn birth weight (g): ____________________ (g) APGAR score after 1 minute: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 APGAR score after 5 minutes: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Birth date: _____/_____/2010 Sex of newborn: MALE FEMALE The scales of the above variables are:
A. nominal, ratio, interval, interval, ordinal, nominal B. ordinal, ratio, interval, interval, ratio, ratio C. nominal, ordinal, ratio, ratio, interval, ordinal D. nominal, ratio, ordinal, ordinal, interval, nominal E. ordinal, ratio, ordinal, ordinal, nominal, nominal
Explanation / Answer
Mercy Care Hospital conducted a year long study to measure the effect of smoking upon the birth weight of a newborn. In 2010, the following information was collected for each mother and her newborn, who participated in the study. Mother smoked during the pregnancy:
YES NO - Nominal Newborn birth weight (g): ____________________ (g) APGAR score after 1 minute: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 APGAR score after 5 minutes: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Birth date: _____/_____/2010 Sex of newborn: MALE FEMALE
Ans:
nominal, ratio, ordinal, ordinal, interval, nominal