Types of Data and Measures of Central Tendency
Quiz
In the Hypertension study, you categorize your patients based on their sex , what type of variable is sex?
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In the study, you also categorize patients based on the stage of their hypertension (i.e. Prehypertension for patients with systolic blood pressures of 120-139 mmHg vs. Stage 1 hypertension for patients with systolic blood pressures of 140-159 mmHg). What type of variable is this?
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The primary outcome of the hypertension study is blood pressure. Is blood pressure a qualitative or quantitative variable?