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WWatsford

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Which of the following is an example of an ordinal measurement?
 
  A) Gender (male or female)
  B) Milligrams of a medication dosage
  C) Levels of education (associate's degree, bachelor's degree, master's degree)
  D) Score on the HESI preadmission or first year examination for nursing

Question 2

A study that followed 500 users and 500 nonusers of oral contraceptives over a 20-year period to determine if there were any long-term side effects would be called a:
 
  A) Time series
  B) Retrospective study
  C) Prospective study
  D) Crossover study


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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Ordinal measurement ranks people on relative standing on an attribute. Levels of education signify incremental ability as related to educational degree completed. Ordinal measurement does not, however, differentiate how much greater one level is than another. Mathematical operations permissible with ordinal-level data are restricted. Gender is an example of nominal measurement. Milligrams of a medication dosage is an example of ratio measurement, as it has a meaningful zero and can provide information about the absolute magnitude of the attribute. A score on a test is an example of interval measurement, as it can rank people on an attribute and specify the distance between them, but does not have a meaningful zero.

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