Initial Post Instructions
- Present two different types of data, or variables, used in the health field.Examples could be blood pressure, temperature, pH, pain rating scales, pulse oximetry, % hematocrit, minute respiration, gender, age, ethnicity, etc.
- Classify each of your variables as qualitative or quantitative and explain why they fall into the category that you chose.
- Also, classify each of the variables as to their level of measurement—nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio—and justify your classifications.
- Which type of sampling could you use to gather your data?(stratified, cluster, systematic, and convenience sampling)
Follow-up Post Instructions
Respond to at least one peer. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification.
Your responses to other students can explain additional analyses that could be done with the variables they selected. Consider confounding variables, discrete or continuous data, the effects of outliers, etc.
SOLUTION
- Two different types of date used in healthcare are pain rating scales and NIH scales. I chose pain rating scales because its subjective and would give a wide variety of variables and data. I also chose NIH scales because I’m familiar with this scale and the data would also give wide variable data.
- The NIH scale would be determined with quantitative data only because it is measured with numbers. And pain rating scale is both quantitative and qualitative. Pain rating scales can use answers like no pain, little pain, moderate pain and severe pain. They both would also be measured in quantitative discrete measurements as well. They would both use whole numbers with their data. In counting NIH scale scores it’s measured in numbers ranging from zero to four. Each subcategory receives a value and you add each subcategory for a total. The pain ratings are also measured in whole numbers. We rate pain on a scale of zero to ten. Ten being the worst and zero being no pain. Qualitative data has been shown to increase a patient’s score versus using numerical scale for assessing pain (Firdous S, Berger A, Jehangir W, et al 2021)………….KINDLY CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO ACCESS THE WHOLE DOCUMENT FOR $15