How Are Cancers Classified

question 22

Multiple Choice

How are cancers classified?

• A) By the location and type of tissue
• B) By the genetic or environmental causal factor
• C) By the name of the organ in which they are found
• D) By the symptoms

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Definitions:

Level Of Measurement

The classification of a variable according to the attributes it can measure, such as nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio scale.

Grouped Frequency Distribution

A way of summarizing data by grouping values together into classes or intervals and displaying the count of data points within each class.

Interval

A type of variable measurement scale that represents ordered categories with equal distances between adjacent categories but no true zero point.

Ratio

A quantitative relationship between two numbers showing how many times the first number contains the second.