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WGU Applied Healthcare Statistics WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
WGU Applied Healthcare Statistics WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
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WGU APPLIED HEALTHCARE STATISTICS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONSwhole numbers - Correct Answer - Numbers that do not contain decimals or fractions
Integers - Correct Answer - Whole numbers and their opposites
rational numbers - Correct Answer - All positive and negative integers, fractions and
decimal numbers.
Real numbers - Correct Answer - Any number that can be placed on a number line.
Including numbers that do not end, and number like pi
A Set - Correct Answer - A collection of numbers
Discrete - Correct Answer - Values that are distinct, separate and unconnected
Continuous - Correct Answer - Values in a set that are connected, without gaps
Quantitative Data - Correct Answer - Consists of data values that are numerical,
representing qualities that can be counted or measured
Categorical data - Correct Answer - Also called qualitative data. Consists of data that
are groups, such as names or labels, and are not necessarily numerical.
Graphical displays - Correct Answer - Visual displays of data sets
data set - Correct Answer - Any collection of numeric values, such as measurements,
observations, or survey responses
Distribution - Correct Answer - An arrangement of values that illustrates their frequency
or occurrence
Pie chart - Correct Answer - A graphical display that shows data in categories as
percentages of a circle
Bar chart - Correct Answer - A graph that displays data that is distributed over groups
or categories
Relative frequency - Correct Answer - A way to approximate a percentage by dividing
the number of times an event occurred in an experiment by the total number of trials.
frequency distribution - Correct Answer - A record of the number of times data occurs
within a certain category
Dot plot - Correct Answer - A graphical representation of data that plots the frequency
of data along a horizontal line
Outliers - Correct Answer - An observation point (number) that is significantly distant
from the other observations in the dataset
Stem plots - Correct Answer - A visual representation of data in which individuals data
points are plotted to the right of a horizontal line, or chart, and the left (the "stem")
shows the interval categories
Box plot - Correct Answer - A graphical rendering of the range and the first and third
quartiles of a data set with the data set's median in between
Measure of central tendency - Correct Answer - A summary measure that is used to
describe an entire set of data with one value that represents the middle or center of the
data sets distribution. There are 3 main measures: mean, median or mode
Histogram - Correct Answer - A graph that displays data through vertical bars that show
the counts or numbers in each range
Shape - Correct Answer - The outline of a set of data displayed on the coordinate axes
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