TY - JOUR AU - Mayya, Shreemathi S. AU - Monteiro, Ashma D AU - Ganapathy, Sachit PY - 2017 TI - Types of biological variables JF - Journal of Thoracic Disease; Vol 9, No 6 (June 29, 2017): Journal of Thoracic Disease Y2 - 2017 KW - N2 - Identification and description of variables used in any study is a necessary component in biomedical research. Statistical analyses rely on the type of variables that are involved in the study. In this short article, we introduce the different types of biological variables. A researcher has to be familiar with the type of variable he/she is dealing with in his/her research to decide about appropriate graphs/diagrams, summary measures and statistical analysis. UR - https://jtd.amegroups.org/article/view/13809