TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 5. How to Analyze Rates and Proportions A1 - Glantz, Stanton A. PY - 2012 T2 - Primer of Biostatistics, 7e AB - The statistical procedures developed in Chapters 2 to 4 are appropriate for analyzing the results of experiments in which the variable of interest is measured on an interval scale, such as blood pressure, urine production, or length of hospital stay. Much of the information physicians, nurses, other health professionals, and medical scientists use cannot be measured on interval scales. For example, an individual may be male or female, dead or alive, or Caucasian, African American, Hispanic, or Asian. These variables are measured on nominal scales, in which there is no arithmetic relationship between the different classifications. We now develop the statistical tools necessary to describe and analyze such information. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57414469 ER -