hcs 493 data analytics for healthcare managers

Complete the worksheet.

Reference: Ch. 1 and Ch. 2 of Statistics and Data Analytics for Health Data Management

Part A

Statistical Terms

Select an additional 3 terms from the list of statistical terms below. You will research the term using your textbook or internet sources, provide a definition of the term in your own words, and illustrate a scenario that shows how this term applies to health care or is used by a health care manager.

• Data analytics
• Descriptive statistics
• Inferential statistics
• Population
• Primary data
• Secondary data
• Quantitative data
• Qualitative data
• Sample
• Variable
• Data quality

Statistical term	Definition of term in your own words (15 to 45 words)	Illustrate a scenario in how this term applies to health care or is used by a health care manager (15 to 75 words)
Data mapping
Data scrubbing
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*Remember to review all terms found in your textbook this week as this worksheet does not cover all terms presented in the textbook.

Mathematical Terms

Select an additional 3 terms from the list of mathematical terms below. You will research the terms using your textbook or internet sources, provide a definition of the term in your own words, and illustrate a scenario that shows how this term applies to health care or is used by a health care manager.

• Quotient
• Ratio
• Rate
• Proportion
• Frequencies
• Frequency distributions
• Outliers
• Interquartile range
• Variance
• Standard deviation

Statistical term	Definition of term in your own words (15 to 45 words)	Illustrate a scenario in how this term applies to health care or is used by a health care manager (15 to 75 words)
Frequency distributions
Variance

*Remember to review all terms found in your textbook this week as this worksheet does not cover all terms presented in the textbook.

Part B

Review the table provided on the admission and discharge rates from a local hospital within a 24-hour period.

Admission and Discharge Rates for Local Hospital (24-hour period)

Admissions and discharges in hospital	Jan. 1, 2017	Jan. 2, 2017	Jan. 3, 2017
Admissions	896	649	1,503
Discharges	764	543	672

Answer the prompts using the table provided.

• Identify the information above that represents a data set. How do you know this a data set?
• Identify the information above that represents a database. How do you know this is a database?
• What was the discharge rate for Jan. 2, 2017?
• What was the admission rate for Jan. 3, 2017?
• Which day had the highest percent of patients discharged within the 24-hour period?

Cite any resources used other than the chart above.

Save the completed worksheet (Part A and Part B) as a Microsoft® Word document with your name in the file name.

Submit your assignment.