WGU - Applied Healthcare Statistics | 141 Questions And Answers!!

Rational numbers - Largest number system Rational numbers - Can be expressed as a fraction. 4 = 4/1. Also decimals that end or continue forever repeating. Real numbers - Any number; Include zero, negative and positive integers. Real numbers are considered this. - continuous and can be measured. Discrete data - counted; doesn't allow for values between. Every positive whole number has two square roots. - True Identity Property - 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 - 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 - Concept which states that any integer greater than 1 is either prime or is the product of a unique set of prime numbers. Factorization - Process of determining the prime factors of a composite number. data - Values; qualitative or quantitative. Square root - is only a real numberbase - number of outcomes Percentage proportion is always set up to express percentage value - over 100 conditional proportion - proportion where one part of a proportion is a variable, or unknown quantity. cross multiplying - method used to prove that a proportion is true. rate - ratio that compares two quantities having different units of measure.