basic_statistical_math_concepts

Basic Statistical and Math Concepts

Complete the
worksheet.

Reference: Ch. 1
and Ch. 2 of Statistics and
Data Analytics for Health Data Management

Part A

Statistical
Terms

Select an
additional 3 terms from the list of statistical
terms below. You will research the term using your textbook or internet
sources, provide a definition of the term in your own words, and illustrate a
scenario that shows how this term applies to health care or is used by a health
care manager.

·        
Data analytics

·        
Descriptive statistics

·        
Inferential statistics

·        
Population

·        
Primary data

·        
Secondary data

·        
Quantitative data

·        
Qualitative data

·        
Sample

·        
Variable

·        
Data quality

Statistical term

Definition of term
in your own words (15 to 45 words)

Illustrate a
scenario in how this term applies to health care or is used by a health care
manager (15 to 75 words)

Data mapping

Data scrubbing

3.

4.

5.

*Remember to review all terms found in your
textbook this week as this worksheet does not cover all terms presented in the
textbook.

Mathematical Terms

Select an additional 3 terms from the list of mathematical
terms below. You will research the terms using your textbook or internet
sources, provide a definition of the term in your own words, and illustrate a
scenario that shows how this term applies to health care or is used by a health
care manager.

·        
Quotient

·        
Ratio

·        
Rate

·        
Proportion

·        
Frequencies

·        
Frequency distributions

·        
Outliers

·        
Interquartile range

·        
Variance

·        
Standard deviation

Statistical term

Definition of term
in your own words (15 to 45 words)

Illustrate a
scenario in how this term applies to health care or is used by a health care
manager (15 to 75 words)

Frequency distributions

Variance

*Remember to review all terms found in your
textbook this week as this worksheet does not cover all terms presented in the
textbook.

Part B

Review the table
provided on the admission and discharge rates from a local hospital within a
24-hour period.

Admission
and Discharge Rates for Local Hospital (24-hour period)

Admissions and
discharges in hospital

Jan. 1, 2017

Jan. 2, 2017

Jan. 3, 2017

Admissions

896

649

1,503

Discharges

764

543

672

Answer the prompts using
the table provided.

1.    
Identify the information above that represents a
data set. How do you know this a data set?

2.    
Identify the information above that represents a
database. How do you know this is a database?

3.    
What was the discharge rate for Jan. 2, 2017?

4.    
What was the admission rate for Jan. 3, 2017?

5.    
Which day had the highest percent of patients
discharged within the 24-hour period?

Cite any resources used other than the chart
above.