Children's Hospital Of Pittsburgh's Pediatric Hospital Medicine Podcast

Title: Episode 3b- Types of variables & Distribution of data Target Audience This activity is directed to physicians who take care of hospitalized children, medical students, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants working in the emergency room, intensive care unit, or hospital wards. Objectives: Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to: 1.      Review the types of variables (eg, continuous, ordinal, nominal). 2.      Review the distribution of data (eg, mean, standard deviation, skewness). 3.      Review how the types of variables and the distribution of data interact in research. Course Directors: Tony R. Tarchichi MD — Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC.) Paul C. Gaffney Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Philana Lin M.D. MSc - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics - Pediatric Infectious Disease Division C