Health Care Analytics: Final Exam Review!

data that represents measureable quantities, but are NOT specified to certain values

a line graph depicting the frequency of continuous data

T/F: Interval data is the highest level of measurement.

T/F: Patients who die in outpatient facilities are included in the gross death rate.

data that is collected then sorted or divided into groups

If the inpatient service days for June 1st, 2nd, and 3rd are 97, 88, 107, what is the total inpatient service day?

T/F: The third quartile corresponds to the 75th percentile and includes 75% of the data.

T/F: Hospitals include patients and healthcare providers into their inpatient census calculations.

Calculate the hospital daily inpatient census for March 6.

What is the difference between percentage and rate?

a software that is used to hold and maintain data tables and their relationships

the sum of all inpatient services in the period under consideration

a record that indicates the number of patients present in the healthcare facility at a particular point in time

a graph used to display frequency distribution for continuous, numercial data, such as interval or ratio data

T/F: Ordinal data is the lowest level of measurement.

Calculate the gross death rate at Auburn Hospital for November.

T/F: Patient who die in the emergency services department are excluded from the gross death rate.

What type of graph is best for diaplaying trends over time, such as days, weeks, months, or years?

____________ statistics are used to describe data, providing summaries that form the basis of quantitative analysis.

a single number that is representative of the entire collection of data or specific population

T/F: There is a zero point for ratio data.

Aubie Hospital has 90 beds. For May, the total inpatient service days was 862. Calculate average daily inpatient census.

__________ represent data divided into 100 equal parts

used to display and analyze the relationship between two, categorical variables

If the longer tail of curve is on the right, the curve is skewed to the right. Therefore, it is ________ skewed

T/F: There is no recognition of order for nominal data.

T/F: For percentages, the numerator and the demoninator use the same units of measure.

the period of time in an individual's life when he or she is a patient in a hospital without interruption

A hospital's census at 12:01 AM is 409. Later, 42 patients are admitted and 9 discharged. Calculate inpatient census.

T/F: There is no recognition of order for discrete data.

Measures of __________ summarize a group of data by describing how spread out the score are.

a programming language used to communicate with a relational database

What are the 4 scales of measurement for categorical data?

T/F: If a curve is skewed to the right, it is negatively skewed.

a method of displaying data as component parts of a whole

T/F: Descriptive statistics reaches general conclusions that extend beyond the immediate data alone.

T/F: The net death rate excludes death under 24 hours.

patients who are moved from one patient care unit (PCU) to another within the same facility

T/F: There is no recognition of order for ordinal data.

Descriptive statistics describe __________, which can refer to patients, medical services, nursing units, or hospitals.

T/F: There is no zero point for interval data.

What are the two general types of statistics that are used to describe data?

What type of graph is best for displaying categorical data?

(Total Inpatient Services Days for a Period) / (Total Number of Days in the Period) = ?

T/F: The gross death rate excludes newborns.

a unit of measure denoting the services received by one inpatient in one 24-hour period

T/F: Discrete data is infinite numbers, meaning they have no specified values.

Calculate the hospital inpatient census for February 2.

shows the values that a variable can take and the number of observations associated with each value

The census from all units is complied into a total census for the facility known as a(n)

T/F: Patients who are dead on arrival (DOA) are excluded from the gross death rate.

What are the 2 types of numerical statistical data?