Question

s the Medicine Working?
An independent medical researcher recorded whether patients showed improvement or no improvement in their medical condition over time. Each patient either received medicine or a placebo. Each patient received treatment for the same amount of time and were exposed to the same living conditions. The results are shown in the two-way table.

Patient Improvement Data for Medicine and Placebo Groups

Medicine Placebo Total
Improvement 2,800 2,200 5,000
No Improvement 2,200 2,800 5,000
Total 5,000 5,000 10,000


The medical researcher concluded that the medicine will cause significant improvement in a patient’s medical condition.


Use the data report above to answer the questions.

What type of data is collected in the data report? How do you know?

(1 point)
Responses

Categorical data because categorical data represents groups
Categorical data because categorical data represents groups

Quantitative data because quantitative data represents amounts
Quantitative data because quantitative data represents amounts

Categorical data because categorical data represents amounts
Categorical data because categorical data represents amounts

Quantitative data because quantitative data represents groups
Quantitative data because quantitative data represents groups
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Answer 1

Categorical data because the variables (treatment: medicine/placebo and outcome: improvement/no improvement) are categories/groups rather than numeric measurements.