Week 1 DQ 1: Types of Data Give an example of a research question that includes an independent & a dependent variable. These are usually presented as, "How does A affect B?", where A is your independent variable & B is your dependent variable. Describe the independent & dependent variables in terms of whether they are nominal (also called categorical), ordinal, interval, or ratio variables (interval or ratio variables are also called continuous variables). How would you study this research question?

An example of a research question that includes both independent & dependent variable would be the following: Do male or female physicians at the Tampa VA make more money? The dependent in this research question is the income & the independent variable would be the gender. The...