The Analysis of Categorical Data- Types of Categorical Data

Question 1

Can non-continuous be distributed normally

Answer 1

IT CAN’T BE NORMALLY DISTRIBUTED.
For example categorical data such as ABO and tumour stage 1,2,3,4

Question 2

What are the two types categorical data

Answer 2

Ordinal Variable and Binary Variable

Question 3

What is an ordinal variable

Answer 3

A categorical variable which the CATEGORIES ARE ORDERED

Question 4

How is a large sample number with large number of categories with ordinal variables analysed

Answer 4

Can sometimes be analysed as through they were continuous variables

Question 5

How are small samples with ordinal variables analysed

Answer 5

They need a SPECIAL STATISTICAL METHOD

Question 6

What is a binary variable

Answer 6

A categorical variable with TWO CATEGORIES
such as:
-Yes and No
-Can be a crude summary of some more informative underlying variable such as above or below the threshold