Intro to Stats: Terms and Concepts

Identify the dependent variable.

Does eating processed red meat everyday increase your risk of developing colon cancer?

• Risk of colon cancer

• Red meat consumption

Identify the independent variable(s).

Daily exercise and proper nutrition predicts better cardiovascular health.

(Select all that apply)

• Daily exercise

• Cardiovascular health

• Proper nutrition

What level of measurement is race?

• Nominal

• Ordinal

• Dichotomous

• Interval

What level of measurement is an ER pain scale?

(1 = no pain; 2 = some pain ... 5 = extreme pain)

• Interval

• Ratio

• Nominal

• Ordinal

Do you think the "self-rated health scale" is a valid measure of mental health?

["In general, how is your health?" 1 = very poor ... 5 = very good]

• No, it's not.

• Yes, it is.

• Maybe

The mean can be used to summarize ratio, interval, and nominal variables.

• True

• False

I have accessed SPSS on my computer.

• Yes

• Not yet