Summary 3-3 Milestone Two: Describe the Data Southern New Hampshire University IHP 525 01:43

3-3 Milestone Two: Describe the Data


Southern New Hampshire University

IHP 525




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, Information on data set to include in your description
Which variables are you investigating? - Patient Gender
- Patient Length of Stay (LOS)
Identify each variable as continuous/quantitative or - Patient Gender – Categorical,
categorical, and list the descriptive statistics that are Described qualitatively, set up
used to describe that type of variable. as a binomial distribution
- Patient LOS – Quantitative and
numeric, normal distribution
Compute these descriptive statistics for the See Below For:
variables you are investigating and present them - Distribution
here or in a separate table below. - Mean
- Mode
- Median
- Minimum
- Maximum
- Standard Deviation
What does each statistic tell you about the data for - Mean displays average
the given variable? - Mode: point appearing most
- Median: numerical center
- Distribution: describes graph
shape and helps identify trends
- Minimum – lowest data point;
or point with lowest value
- Maximum: highest data point;
point with highest value
- Standard deviation: how widely
dispersed data is



Gender n Mean Median Mode Minimum Maximu Std. Dev

m

Male 65 6.3 5 5 1 17 3.341

Female 35 7.8 6 4 3 56 8.917




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