Medical MCQ-An investigator into the life expectancy of IV drug abusers divides a sample of patients into HIV positive and HIV negative groups. What type of data does this division constitute ?

An investigator into the life expectancy of IV drug abusers divides a sample of patients into HIV positive and HIV negative groups. What type of data does this division constitute ?

Nominal

Ordinal

Interval

Poion

Question Category:

Social & Preventive Medicine

Correct Answer:

Nominal

Description:

Ans. is `a' i.e., Nominal In the question, data has been divided into two groups, i.e. HIV positive/HIV negative Data should be measured on nominal scale especially Dichotomous type of nominal scale.

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