Applied Healthcare Statistics FINAL Exam Questions with Accurate Answers | Latest Update 2026 | 100% Guaranteed Pass

Applied Healthcare Statistics FINAL Exam Questions with Accurate Answers | Latest Update 2026 | 100% Guaranteed Pass discrete data - answer-distinct values, can be counted, unconnected points (ex. number of students) continuous data - answer-values are within a range, measured not counted, no gaps between data points (ex. time in a race) less than or greater than - answer-marked with (parenthesis), open circle on number line less than or equal to greater than or equal to - answer-marked with {brackets}, closed/shaded circle on number line prime factorization - answer-writing the number as a product (multiplication) of any prime numbers (ex. 12= 2x2x3) greatest common factor - answer-the largest number that divides all the given numbers evenly (ex. 8 and 10 = 2) least common multiple - answer-the smallest number that can be divided by the given numbers (ex. 16 and 32 = 16) 1 tablespoon = ? teaspoons - answer-3 teaspoons 1 fluid ounce = ? tablespoons - answer-2 tablespoons1 cup = ? ounces - answer-8 ounces 1 pint = ? cups - answer-2 cups 1 quart = ? pints - answer-2 pints 1 gallon = ? quarts - answer-4 quarts 1 Liter = ? milliliter (mL) - answer-1000mL 1 kilogram (kg) = ? grams - answer-1000 grams 1 gram = ? milligrams (mg) - answer-1000 mg 1 mg = ? mcg - answer-1000 mcg 1 cc = ? ml - answer-1 ml 1 fluid ounce = ? ml - answer-30 ml (or 2 tbsp) 1 Liter = ? quarts - answer-1.057 quarts 1 tsp = ? mL - answer-5 mL 1 kg = ? lb - answer-2.2 lb 1 ounce = ? grams - answer-28.35 grams1 tablespoon = ? mL - answer-15 mL formula to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit - answer-Celsius x 9/5 + 32 formula to convert Fahrenheit to Celsius - answer-Fahrenheit - 32 x 5/9 slope-intercept equation - answer-y = mx + b what does m represent in the slope-intercept equation - answer-slope of the line what does y represent in the slope-intercept equation - answer-y intercept Slope of a line - answer-Rise/Run Rise/Run - answer-(y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1) quantitative data - answer-data values that are numerical, quantities that can be counted or measured, AKA numerical data categorical data - answer-data that are groups or labels, not necessarily numerical, AKA qualitative data how to display categorical data - answer-pie chart or bar chart how to display quantitative data - answer-histogram, stemplot, or boxplot symmetric histogram shape - answer-left half is roughly same as right half right skewed histogram shape - answer-long tail stretches to the right of the peakleft skewed histogram shape - answer-long tail stretches to the left of the peak u-shaped histogram shape - answer-contains a valley rather than a single peak uniform histogram shape - answer-straight across, all data appears equal multimodal histogram shape - answer-two or more clear peaks mode - answer-the value that occurs most often in the data set (8, 4, 9, 4, 17, 12, 4....mode = 4) median - answer-the halfway point in a data set (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7...median = 4) (1, 2, 3, 4...median = 2.5) mean - answer-the average, add up all the data points and divide by the number of data points there are range - answer-difference between the largest data value and the smallest data value (maximum and minimum) InterQuartile Range (IQR) - answer-the difference between the third quartile (Q3) and the first quartile (Q1) quartiles - answer-break the data into four equal size groups correlation coefficient - answer-(r), measures the strength of the linear relationship between the variables -r is always between -1 and 1 -the closer r is to 1, the stronger the positive linear correlation -the closer r is to -1, the stronger the negative linear correlation -r = 0 indicates no linear correlationeffect of outliers - answer-when far off the regression line, outliers weaken r explanatory variables - answer-(x), possibly cause changes in the response variables, AKA independent variables response variables - answer-(y), possibly affected by the explanatory variables, AKA dependent variables two way frequency tables - answer-catagorical - categorical C - C rows show one variable's categories columns show the other variable's categories joint frequencies - answer-values in the middle of a two way frequency table , the data falling into both rows and columns marginal frequencies - answer-values on the right and bottom side of a two way frequency table, total of the corresponding row or column grand total - answer-the bottom right corner of a two way frequency table, total size of the data set conditional percentages - answer-computed by dividing the joint frequency by the corresponding marginal frequency in a two way frequency table overall percentages - answer-computed by dividing each frequency by the grand total side by side box plots - answer-C - Q, a box plot is displayed for each category of the explanatory variable on the same graph scatterplot - answer-Q - Q data create ordered pairs that are graphed ont he coordinate planepositive correlation - answer-scatterplot, Q - Q as the explanatory variable increases, the response variable increases negative correlation - answer-scatterplot, Q - Q as the explanatory variable increases, the response variable decreases no correlation - answer-scatterplot, Q - Q no trends between variables non-linear relationship - answer-scatterplot, Q - Q scatterplot reveals a trend that is NOT a straight line second quartile - answer-Q2 the median first quartile - answer-Q1 the median of the data below Q2 third quartile - answer-Q3 the median of the data aboe Q3 standard deviation - answer-the average distance each data point is from the mean Empirical Rule - answer-for normal distributions 68% of data is within 1 standard deviation of the mean 95% of data is within 2 standard deviations of the mean 99.7% of data is within 3 standard deviations of the mean Simpson's Paradox - answer--occurs when a result that appears in groups of data disappears when the groups are combines -can only occur when the sizes of the groups are inconsistent