· Homework week 2 o Chapter 2: Exercises 2-1 through 2-5 (page 48 of the text) EXERCISES · 2-1Your organization collects data on individual patients shown inAppendix Table 2. Identify whether each...

· Homework week 2

o Chapter 2: Exercises 2-1 through 2-5 (page 48 of the text)

EXERCISES

· 2-1Your organization collects data on individual patients shown inAppendix Table 2. Identify whether each variable is measured nominally, ordinally, or as an interval/ratio variable.

· 2-2What statistical measures would you use to summarize the variable for age? Ordinal. What about for gender? Nominal. For convenience satisfaction? Ordinal. How would you present these graphically?

· 2-3If you are interested in whether satisfaction scoring differed by the amount the individual paid as a co-pay, how would you state this inquiry as testable hypotheses (the null and alternative)? What statistical test would you run to test this hypothesis?

· 2-4Perform the test defined inTable 2-3. State your conclusions.

· 2-5Compare gender and having Rx coverage. State your hypotheses. Perform the appropriate statistical test and interpret it.