WGU - Applied Healthcare Statistics questions with complete solutions

Rational numbers CORRECT ANSWERS: Largest number system Rational numbers CORRECT ANSWERS: Can be expressed as a fraction. 4 = 4/1. Also decimals that end or continue forever repeating. Real numbers CORRECT ANSWERS: Any number; Include zero, negative and positive integers. Real numbers are considered this. CORRECT ANSWERS: continuous and can be measured. Discrete data CORRECT ANSWERS: counted; doesn't allow for values between. Every positive whole number has two square roots. CORRECT ANSWERS: True Identity Property CORRECT ANSWERS: Property that 0 can be added to any number without changing the value of the number. Likewise, 1 can be multiplied by any number without changing the value of that number. Factor CORRECT ANSWERS: An integer that divides another integer. We say an integer, x, is a factor of another integer, y, if the quotient y/x is also equal to an integer. Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic CORRECT ANSWERS: Concept which states that any integer greater than 1 is either prime or is the product of a unique set of prime numbers. Factorization CORRECT ANSWERS: Process of determining the prime factors of a composite number. data CORRECT ANSWERS: Values; qualitative or quantitative. Square root CORRECT ANSWERS: is only a real number base CORRECT ANSWERS: number of outcomes Percentage proportion is always set up to express percentage value CORRECT ANSWERS: over 100 conditional proportion CORRECT ANSWERS: proportion where one part of a proportion is a variable, or unknown quantity. cross multiplying CORRECT ANSWERS: method used to prove that a proportion is true. rate CORRECT ANSWERS: ratio that compares two quantities havin