WGU Applied Healthcare Statistics latest Exams

whole numbers - Numbers that do not contain decimals or fractions Integers - Whole numbers and their opposites rational numbers - All positive and negative integers, fractions and decimal numbers. Real numbers - Any number that can be placed on a number line. Including numbers that do not end, and number like pi A Set - A collection of numbers Discrete - Values that are distinct, separate and unconnected Continuous - Values in a set that are connected, without gaps Quantitative Data - Consists of data values that are numerical, representing qualities that can be counted or measured Categorical data - Also called qualitative data. Consists of data that are groups, such as names or labels, and are not necessarily numerical. Graphical displays - Visual displays of data sets data set - Any collection of numeric values, such as measurements, observations, or survey responses Distribution - An arrangement of values that illustrates their frequency or occurrence Pie chart - A graphical display that shows data in categories as percentages of a circle Bar chart - A graph that displays data that is distributed over groups or categories Relative frequency - A way to approximate a percentage by dividing the number of times an event occurred in an experiment by the total number of trials.