A researcher who studies mental health is interested in the length of time (in days) that a patient stays in the hospital after they have presented to emergency having suicidal ideation. The researcher follows the first 30 patients during the month of January and follows them until each one of them is released. I have attached the histogram of the data obtained from the 30 patients and have a number of questions.
A researcher who studies mental health is interested in the length of time (in days) that a patient stays in the hospital after they have presented to emergency having suicidal ideation. The researcher follows the first 30 patients during the month of January and follows them until each one of them is released. I have attached the histogram of the data obtained from the 30 patients and have a number of questions.
I did all my calculations as though this was continous data but I became confused along the way.
a. Construct a frequency table. (I included x as the number of days, f as the frequency and fx by multiplying the days and frequncy. Was this correct?
b. Calculate all measures of
c. Calculate all measures of variability (
d. What is the shape of this distribution? (Am I right in saying this is positively skewed)
e. Given the shape and type of data, which measure of central tendency would you be more likely to report? Why?
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