Ibuprofen is a medication in the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug class that is used for treating pain, fever, and inflammation. This includes painful menstrual periods, migraines, and rheumatoid arthritis. About 60% of people improve with any given NSAID, and it is recommended that if one does not work then another should be tried. It may also be used to close a patent ductus arteriosus in a premature baby. It can be used by mouth or intravenously. It typically begins working within an hour.
Data can be qualitative or quantitative. 1  Qualitative data is descriptive information (it describes something). 2  Quantitative data, is numerical information (numbers).
Categorical data is data that can take on a discrete number of values or categories with no inherent order to the. categories. Examples of categorical variables are sex (male or female), race (Black, White, Asian, Hispanic), disease. or no disease, and yes or no variables.