HCS/493 – Data Analytics for Healthcare Managers

HCS/493 – Data Analytics for Healthcare Managers

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

*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

*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)

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.