MHA 705 MODULE 4 EXAM |
VERIFIED |GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Nominal level data - Accurate Answers✔✔groups or categories of data.
Mutually exclusive, can't be in more than 1 group or category. Ex:
patient demographics, payer. No particular order.
Notifiable diseases - Accurate Answers✔✔diseases for which health
officials request or require reporting for public health reasons
Ordinal data - Accurate Answers✔✔the order of the numbers is
meaningful, not the numbers themselves.
Bar charts - Accurate Answers✔✔Used when data is divided into
categories (discrete data)
The bars are separated to show different categories
Interval level data - Accurate Answers✔✔intervals between successive
values are equal
Pie chart - Accurate Answers✔✔a chart that shows the relationship of a
part to a whole
, Ratio level data scale - Accurate Answers✔✔highest level of
measurement. There's is a defined unit of measure, a real zero point, add
the intervals are equal
Line graph - Accurate Answers✔✔a graph that uses one or more lines to
show changes in statistics over time or space. Does not represent
frequency distribution
Discreet variables - Accurate Answers✔✔fall into categories and can
only take in a limited number of values and have gaps between
successive values
Histogram - Accurate Answers✔✔a bar graph depicting a frequency
distribution
Continue variables - Accurate Answers✔✔no gaps in the measurement
data. Either interval or ratio level. Some of the ratio level variables are
discreet
Frequency polygon - Accurate Answers✔✔A line figure used to present
data from a frequency distribution
Daily inpatient census - Accurate Answers✔✔Official count of
inpatients present at midnight, calculated each day. Calculated by
inpatient census at midnight prior day + admissions - discharges
(including deaths) + patients that were admitted and discharged same
day
VERIFIED |GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Nominal level data - Accurate Answers✔✔groups or categories of data.
Mutually exclusive, can't be in more than 1 group or category. Ex:
patient demographics, payer. No particular order.
Notifiable diseases - Accurate Answers✔✔diseases for which health
officials request or require reporting for public health reasons
Ordinal data - Accurate Answers✔✔the order of the numbers is
meaningful, not the numbers themselves.
Bar charts - Accurate Answers✔✔Used when data is divided into
categories (discrete data)
The bars are separated to show different categories
Interval level data - Accurate Answers✔✔intervals between successive
values are equal
Pie chart - Accurate Answers✔✔a chart that shows the relationship of a
part to a whole
, Ratio level data scale - Accurate Answers✔✔highest level of
measurement. There's is a defined unit of measure, a real zero point, add
the intervals are equal
Line graph - Accurate Answers✔✔a graph that uses one or more lines to
show changes in statistics over time or space. Does not represent
frequency distribution
Discreet variables - Accurate Answers✔✔fall into categories and can
only take in a limited number of values and have gaps between
successive values
Histogram - Accurate Answers✔✔a bar graph depicting a frequency
distribution
Continue variables - Accurate Answers✔✔no gaps in the measurement
data. Either interval or ratio level. Some of the ratio level variables are
discreet
Frequency polygon - Accurate Answers✔✔A line figure used to present
data from a frequency distribution
Daily inpatient census - Accurate Answers✔✔Official count of
inpatients present at midnight, calculated each day. Calculated by
inpatient census at midnight prior day + admissions - discharges
(including deaths) + patients that were admitted and discharged same
day
