Graphs
Line Graph
Shows trends over time
Frequency Polygon
Depicts the frequency of data in the line form
Nominal data
Pertaining to a name, cannot compute an average
True or False
The net autopsy rate includes inpatient and outpatient
False
IRB
Institutional Review Board
Scatter Diagram
Shows relationship between 2 numerical values
Pictogram
Uses pictures to show the frequency of data
Ordinal Data
Patient satisfactory surveys
What is Inpatient census?
Number of patients present in a healthcare facility at particular point of time
Historical Research
Investigation and analysis of past events
Pie chart
Data that parts of a whole
Data
Unprocessed facts and figures
Internal data
Age, weight
What is Daily inpatient census?
Number of patients present at the census taking time each day
Primary research
Data collected specifically for your study
Histogram
Displays frequency distributions for continuous numerical data
Descriptive data
age, disease, length of stay,
Numerical data
Discrete data(finite number), continuous data(measure of quantity)
Predictive modeling
It is a process used to identify patterns of a particular outcome
Secondary research
A literature review to see if previous studies can be used to answer your question
Bar graph
Tool displays discrete categories
Categorical Data
nominal, ordinal, ration, interval
True or False
The adjusted hospital autopsy rate includes newborns
True
Prescriptive analytics
Predicts what will happen, but also provides recommendations that will take advantage of the predictions.
Correlation research
Studies that try to discover a relationship between variables