WGU C784 APPLIED HEALTHCARE STATISTICS
numerical summary - Answer-A number used to describe a specific characteristic about a
data set.
data set - Answer-Any collection of numerical values, such as measurements, observations,
or survey responses.
the Standard Deviation Rule - Answer-A standard proportion or percentage of data points
that lie away from the mean for a normal distribution.
skewed left - Answer-A skewed distribution where the long tail of the curve is on the
negative side of the peak.
standard deviation - Answer-The measure on average of how far the data points are from
the mean.
multimodal - Answer-A description of a data set that has more than two modes.
frequency distribution - Answer-A record of the number of times data occurs within a
certain category
,radical sign - Answer-The symbol which indicates to take the square root of the number
that follows.
additive inverse - Answer-Two numbers equidistant from 0 on a number line whose sum is
0. For example, 3 and -3.
greatest common factor (GCF) - Answer-The greatest number that is both a factor of a and
a factor of b.
factor tree - Answer-A graphical method used to identify the prime factorization of an
integer.
integer - Answer-A number, (positive, negative, or zero), that can be represented without a
fractional or a decimal component.
discrete - Answer-A collection of numbers whose values are distinct, separate, and
unconnected.
prime factorization - Answer-Determining the set of prime numbers whose product is the
original integer.
continuous - Answer-A collection of numbers whose values are not dividable into distinct
units.
, expressions - Answer-A string of terms that are connected by division, addition, and
subtraction operations.
quotient - Answer-The result of a division expression.
exponents - Answer-Sometimes called a power, it is a quantity that represents repeated
multiplication.
factor - Answer-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.
composite number - Answer-A number with more factors than just one and itself. Not a
prime number.
Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic - Answer-A concept which states that any integer
greater than 1 is either prime or is the product of a unique set of prime numbers.
prime number - Answer-A number with only two factors: one and itself.
percent proportion - Answer-Proportion that is equivalent to the given ratio but has a
denominator of 100.
denominator - Answer-The number written after the slash, or below the fraction bar, in a
fraction.
numerical summary - Answer-A number used to describe a specific characteristic about a
data set.
data set - Answer-Any collection of numerical values, such as measurements, observations,
or survey responses.
the Standard Deviation Rule - Answer-A standard proportion or percentage of data points
that lie away from the mean for a normal distribution.
skewed left - Answer-A skewed distribution where the long tail of the curve is on the
negative side of the peak.
standard deviation - Answer-The measure on average of how far the data points are from
the mean.
multimodal - Answer-A description of a data set that has more than two modes.
frequency distribution - Answer-A record of the number of times data occurs within a
certain category
,radical sign - Answer-The symbol which indicates to take the square root of the number
that follows.
additive inverse - Answer-Two numbers equidistant from 0 on a number line whose sum is
0. For example, 3 and -3.
greatest common factor (GCF) - Answer-The greatest number that is both a factor of a and
a factor of b.
factor tree - Answer-A graphical method used to identify the prime factorization of an
integer.
integer - Answer-A number, (positive, negative, or zero), that can be represented without a
fractional or a decimal component.
discrete - Answer-A collection of numbers whose values are distinct, separate, and
unconnected.
prime factorization - Answer-Determining the set of prime numbers whose product is the
original integer.
continuous - Answer-A collection of numbers whose values are not dividable into distinct
units.
, expressions - Answer-A string of terms that are connected by division, addition, and
subtraction operations.
quotient - Answer-The result of a division expression.
exponents - Answer-Sometimes called a power, it is a quantity that represents repeated
multiplication.
factor - Answer-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.
composite number - Answer-A number with more factors than just one and itself. Not a
prime number.
Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic - Answer-A concept which states that any integer
greater than 1 is either prime or is the product of a unique set of prime numbers.
prime number - Answer-A number with only two factors: one and itself.
percent proportion - Answer-Proportion that is equivalent to the given ratio but has a
denominator of 100.
denominator - Answer-The number written after the slash, or below the fraction bar, in a
fraction.
