Reference no: EM132358033

1. For each of the following (a through d), indicate which is a variable and which is a constant:

a. The number of minutes in an hour. Constant

b. Systolic blood pressure. Variable

c. Freezing temperature of water in degrees Kelvin.

d. Ratings of daily anxiety. 

2. For eachof the following research questions, identify the independentvariable and the dependentvariable within each case (a through d):

1. Does a person's age affect psychological adjustment following burn injury? DV = psychological adjustment,   IV = person's age
2. How do physically handicapped children differ from nonhandicapped children with respect to health concepts? DV - Self concepts, IV = Psychological condition
3. Do patients with a family support system in place have lower pain ratings than patients with no              family support system in place?

d. Is the intracranial pressure of comatose patients affected by acupuncture treatments? Dv- Intracranial pressure

3. For each of the variables listed below, indicate which is discrete and which is continuous:

a. Number of patients in an ICU ward - Continuous

b. Length of a chin implant - Discrete

c. Number of hospital beds in a step down facility - discrete

d. Tidal volume, measured in mLs, of a patient recovering from surgery - continuous?

4. For each of the variables listed below, indicate whether the measure is nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio:

a. Degrees, on the Celsius scale - Interval

b. Student's class rank - Ordinal

c. Ratings of a hospital based on care surveys ranked as "Poor, Fine, Good, Exceptional" 

d. Survival 5 years out after surgery (yes/no)

e. Average cholesterol level of a group of control patients in a study

f. Settings of tick exposure for Lyme disease designated as "Woodland, Park, City, Suburb"

g. HDL Cholesterol levels 

h. Faculty rank (Clinical Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Full Professor)  - Ordinal