WGU C985 Practice Questions and answers, 100% Accurate, VERIFIED | 22 Pages

Quantitative data - -analysis of numeric data Qualitative data - -describes observations; must be categorized before summarizing; has subjectivity Indicate whether each of the following represents qualitative or quantitative data: a. type of health insurance b. blood pH level c. number of ED admission in July d. patient's self-report of pain on scale 1-10 - -a. qualitative; this is a category b. quantitative; this is a number c. quantitative d. qualitative; this is subjective data and categorical Quantitative date will be numerical data. Descriptive statistics are discrete numbers: accurate and verifiable. - -Examples: are sample size (shown as "n"); mean, median, mode; minimum, maximum; range; standard deviation; quartiles Qualitative data are observable, categorical data. - -Examples in healthcare are: condition of a patient at time of discharge; type of insurance; place of birth