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  [Advanced Data Analysis 1](https://www.math.unm.edu/~luyan/ADA1/ADA125.html),
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## Medical Records Assignment

In many data analysis projects you will be working with previously collected data; however, it is important to understand what data look like as well as how they are coded and entered into a spreadsheet for analysis.

**Scenario:** Imagine collecting medical records for 5 patients seeking treatment in a hospital emergency room -- you will be making up fake data for this assignment. Points for each component are indicated in parentheses.

::: callout-note
This is a template for the assignment. Modify the solution and turn it in.
:::

### 1. (3 p) Select 3 variables recorded on the medical forms:

```         
* one should be a unique identifier,
* one should be a quantitative variable, and
* one should be a categorical variable.
```

**Solution:** The 3 variables I selected are: patient ID (unique identifier), variable 1 (quantitative), and variable 2 (categorical).

### 2. (1 p) Select a brief name (ideally 8 characters or less) for each variable.

**Solution:** Example — PAT_ID for patient ID etc

### 3. (3 p) Create a codebook listing variable names, labels, types, and response codes. (Use a table or list)

**Solution:**

```         
Each variable block should have this form:
------------------------------------------
Your nice variable name
  Description of variable
  Variable type (categorical/numerical)
  Range of values, or categorical levels and labels
------------------------------------------
(THESE ARE EXAMPLES. DELETE THESE AFTER YOU'VE MADE YOUR OWN!)
---
ID
  Unique Identifier
  categorical
  00001 - 99999
Var_1_nice_name
  variable 1 short description
  categorical
  0 = "type 1"
  1 = "type 2"
Var_2_good_name
  variable 2 short description
  continuous
  [0, 120]
```

### 4. (2 p) Enter data (make up values) for 5 patients in the data table below.

**Solution (modify this table):** First, you may want to complete the codebook above, then return to fill in your made-up fake data.

Help: Look at "Help \> Markdown quick reference" for how to make a table, and other formatting.

| ID    | Var_1_nice_name | Var_2_good_name |
|-------|-----------------|-----------------|
| 00001 | a               | x               |
| 00002 | b               | y               |
| 00003 | c               | z               |

### 5. (1 p) Render this qmd file to an html, print to pdf, and upload to UNM Canvas.
