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#6 from page 33, Chapter Test: To study U.S. physicians, researchers surveyed 24

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#6 from page 33, Chapter Test:
To study U.S. physicians, researchers surveyed 24,216 of them and asked for the following information below. (source: Medscape from WebMD)

gender (male or female)
location (region in the US)
age (number)
income (number)
location of work (hospital, group practice, etc.)
specialty (cardiology, family med, radiology, etc.)
hours seeing patients per week (number)
number of patient visits per week (number)

a) Identify the population and the sample. (2 points)
b) Are the data collected qualitative, quantitative, or both? Explain. (3 points)
c) Determine the level of measurement for each item above. (4 points)
d) Determine whether the study is an observational study or experimental. Explain. (2 points)

Explanation / Answer

a) Population : Country , Sample : Physician

b) Data collected are qualiative in nature.

c) Gender - Nominal

Location - Nominal

Age - Nominal

Income - Nominal

Location of work - Nominal

specialty - Nominal

hours seeing patients per week - Ordinal

  number of patient visits per week - Ordinal