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Which type of data is appropriate for the methods described so far in this course?
Continuous data
Which distribution is assumed to be appropriate for much of the discussion in the course?
Normal distribution
Which type of variables cannot be Normal?
Categorical variables
What type of variable will be recorded as being in one of several categories?
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Which variable is an example of a categorical variable?
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In what sense is a patient with a tumour in stage II worse off than a patient with tumour stage I?
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What type of variable occupies a half-way house between an unordered categorical variable and a continuous variable?
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In statistical analysis, for smaller samples and variables with only a few categories, what special statistical methods are needed?
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Which type of variable is defined as a categorical variable with just two categories?
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What is the main concern of the rest of the document based on the text provided?
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For a population of binary variables, what measure changes between different populations?
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What type of variable cannot be said to be 'twice as bad' as another variable in the context provided?
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In what type of data analysis does specialist help become necessary?
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For which type of variable is a patient either treated for hypoglycaemia or not treated?
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What may be defined as a score being above or below some threshold in certain cases?
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What type of population is often conceived of as having infinite size in the context provided?
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