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MHA 705 Module 4 Questions And Answers
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Nominal level data - Answer✔groups or categories of data. mutually exclusive, can't be in more
than 1 group or category. ex: patient demographics, payer. no particular order.
notifiable diseases - Answer✔diseases for which health officials request or require reporting for
public health reasons
ordinal data - Answer✔the order of the numbers is meaningful, not the numbers themselves.
bar charts - Answer✔Used when data is divided into categories (discrete data)
The bars are separated to show different categories
interval level data - Answer✔intervals between successive values are equal
pie chart - Answer✔a chart that shows the relationship of a part to a whole
ratio level data scale - Answer✔highest level of measurement. there's is a defined unit of
measure, a real zero point, add the intervals are equal
line graph - Answer✔a graph that uses one or more lines to show changes in statistics over time
or space. does not represent frequency distribution
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discreet variables - Answer✔fall into categories and can only take in a limited number of values
and have gaps between successive values
Histogram - Answer✔a bar graph depicting a frequency distribution
continue variables - Answer✔no gaps in the measurement data. either interval or ratio level.
some of the ratio level variables are discreet
frequency polygon - Answer✔A line figure used to present data from a frequency distribution
daily inpatient census - Answer✔Official count of inpatients present at midnight, calculated
each day. Calculated by inpatient census at midnight prior day + admissions - discharges
(including deaths) + patients that were admitted and discharged same day
scatter chart - Answer✔A chart that shows the relationship between two categories of data;
sometimes called an XY chart.
inpatient service day - Answer✔A unit of measure equivalent to the services received by one
inpatient during one 24-hour period. also equal to the daily inpatient census for 1 24-hr period
bubble chart - Answer✔A type of scatter plot with circular symbols used to compare three
variables; the area of the circle indicates the value of a third variable
adults and children census vs newborn census - Answer✔adults and children are counted
together. newborns are counted separately due to the intensity of services provided to adults
and children is greater than those provided to newborns
mean - Answer✔the arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding the scores and
then dividing by the number of scores
average daily census - Answer✔total inpatient service days for given period ÷ number of days in
same period
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MHA 705 Module 4 Questions And Answers
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Nominal level data - Answer✔groups or categories of data. mutually exclusive, can't be in more
than 1 group or category. ex: patient demographics, payer. no particular order.
notifiable diseases - Answer✔diseases for which health officials request or require reporting for
public health reasons
ordinal data - Answer✔the order of the numbers is meaningful, not the numbers themselves.
bar charts - Answer✔Used when data is divided into categories (discrete data)
The bars are separated to show different categories
interval level data - Answer✔intervals between successive values are equal
pie chart - Answer✔a chart that shows the relationship of a part to a whole
ratio level data scale - Answer✔highest level of measurement. there's is a defined unit of
measure, a real zero point, add the intervals are equal
line graph - Answer✔a graph that uses one or more lines to show changes in statistics over time
or space. does not represent frequency distribution
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discreet variables - Answer✔fall into categories and can only take in a limited number of values
and have gaps between successive values
Histogram - Answer✔a bar graph depicting a frequency distribution
continue variables - Answer✔no gaps in the measurement data. either interval or ratio level.
some of the ratio level variables are discreet
frequency polygon - Answer✔A line figure used to present data from a frequency distribution
daily inpatient census - Answer✔Official count of inpatients present at midnight, calculated
each day. Calculated by inpatient census at midnight prior day + admissions - discharges
(including deaths) + patients that were admitted and discharged same day
scatter chart - Answer✔A chart that shows the relationship between two categories of data;
sometimes called an XY chart.
inpatient service day - Answer✔A unit of measure equivalent to the services received by one
inpatient during one 24-hour period. also equal to the daily inpatient census for 1 24-hr period
bubble chart - Answer✔A type of scatter plot with circular symbols used to compare three
variables; the area of the circle indicates the value of a third variable
adults and children census vs newborn census - Answer✔adults and children are counted
together. newborns are counted separately due to the intensity of services provided to adults
and children is greater than those provided to newborns
mean - Answer✔the arithmetic average of a distribution, obtained by adding the scores and
then dividing by the number of scores
average daily census - Answer✔total inpatient service days for given period ÷ number of days in
same period
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