PROBLEM 1

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PROBLEM 1
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In the following examples, distinguish between
response and explanatory variables

• Attitude toward abortion on demand (favor,
  oppose) Gender (male,female)
• Heart disease (yes, no) Cholesterol level
• Race (white, nonwhite) Gender(male, female)
  vote for the President (Republic, Democrat,
  Other) income
• Hospital (A, B) treatment(T1, T2), Patient
  outcome (survive, die)

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What scale of measurement is most appropriate for
the following variables

• Political party affiliation (democrat,
  republican, other)
• Highest degree obtained ( none, high school,
  bachelors, masters, doctorate
• Patient condition (good, fair, serious, critical)
• Patient survive (in numbers of months)
• Location of hospital in which data collected
  (London, Boston, Rochester)

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Describe a potential study that would have a
categorical response variable

• List variables that would be important in the
  study
• Distinguish between response and explanatory
  variables
• For each variable, identify the measurement
  scale
• Indicate whether it would be treated as continous
  or discrete