First, we discuss the main groups of variables: categorical variables and continuous variables. Second, we explain what dependent and independent variables are. This will provide you with one of the foundations required to tackle a dissertation based on a quantitative research design.
verb (used with object), bethought, bethinking. 1. to think; consider (used reflexively): He bethought himself a moment. 2. to remind (oneself): to bethink oneself of family obligations. 3. to remember; recall (used reflexively): She lives in the past now, bethinking herself of happier days.
The agreed definition is the following: âCancer cachexia is a multifactorial syndrome defined by an ongoing loss of skeletal muscle mass (with or without loss of fat mass) that cannot be fully reversed by conventional nutritional support and leads to progressive functional impairmentâ. [Fearon, Lancet Oncol 2011].