Presentation of Statistical Data
Simple charts used to describe qualitative, categorical, or discrete variables such as nominal or ordinal data
What is a Bar Chart
The difference between mean, mode, and median
What is mean is the average of group values, mode is the value that occurs most frequently, and median is the value in which there is the same amount of numbers above and below( the middlemost value)
Eligibility of appropriate participants, Randomization, & Ethical issues are 3 main extremely important areas for
What is Experimental Studies
Calculation that compares two quantities found by dividing one by the other is a
What is a Ratio
Unit that reflects the service received by one inpatient during a 24-hr period is called a
What is Inpatient service day (IPSD)
Type of tool that can include both numbers and text
What is Tables
Range vs. Variance
What is range is the simplest measure of variation the difference between the highest and lowest values. Variance is the squared deviations from the mean
Similar to descriptive studies except it determines if a relationship may exist between 2 variables
What is Correlational studies
A rate is a measure used to compare what over time
What is an Event
Total number of IPSDs for a week, month, and so on can be divided by the total number days in the period of interest to obtain...
What is Average Daily Census
Similar to a bar chart but highest ranking value is listed as the first column and the next highest ranking is escond and so on.
What is Pareto Chart
What are some steps of analyzing information
what is
1. know your audience
2. recognize the different data types since this will determine how to analyze the data
Manipulated by the researcher
What is Independent Variable
This formula (?= Number of cases occurring during a given period/ total number of cases or population at risk during the same period) gives you the
What is Risk Rate
Percentage of official beds occupied by hospital inpatients for a given period of time
What is Inpatient bed occupancy
Nominal Variables consist of
What is A number assigned to a specific category (ex.1=male, 2=female)
Individual, comparative, or other multiple sources of data are compiled and analyzed in order to draw conclusions about a specific topic or area is called
What is Aggregate Data
Similar to experimental study except randomization is not included and may not be manipulated by the researcher
What is Quasi-Experimental Studies
Is a type of ratio in which X is a proportion of the whole (x + y)
What is Proportions
It is possible for the inpatient bed occupancy rate to be greater than 100 percent. True or False
What is True
Ranked variables in which a number is assigned to rank a category in an ordered series
What is Ordinal variables
What type of data is housed within the EHR
What is Individual data
Mixed-Methods Approach includes what type of research
What is both qualitative and quantitative data in a research study design
What is the general formula used to calculate Ratio, proportion, and rates
What is x\y*^n
The National Vital Statistics System (NVSS) is
What is the oldest and most successful example of intergovernmental data sharing in public health, and the shared relationships, standards, and procedures that form the mechanism by which the National Center for Health Statistics of the CDC collects and disseminates the nation's official vital statistics