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What is ordinal
This type of data is ordered in some meaningful way
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What is basic
This type of research answers the question "why'
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What is the inpatient census
This is the number of inpatients present at any one time.
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What is 1
A woman gives birth to triplets, resulting in this number of deliveries
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What is descriptive
This type of statistic describes and analyzes a given group without drawing any conclusion about a larger group
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What is a chart
This illustrates data using only one quantitative coordinate
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What is retrospective
This type of study reviews information that has already been collected.
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What is A&D or I&Os
The daily inpatient census includes __________, whereas the inpatient census does not.
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What is partum
The term meaning "childbirth"
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What is continuous data
This type of data can be measured in fractions or decimals
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What is discrete
__________ data are a type of quantitative data whose values are countable and finite, with no fractions or decimals.
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What is correlational
In this type of research design, the relationship between factors or variables is studied to determine if or what type of relationship exists.
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What is the average daily census
The total number of inpatient service days / total number of days is the formula for what?
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What is a hospital fetal death
This type of death is not included in the newborn death rate.
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What is a sample
This is a subset of a population
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What is a graph
This is a method of relating one qualitative variable to another quantitative variable, such as time.
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What is a convenience sample
This type of population sample consists of the most accessible members of a population.
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What is 1
This is the total number of inpatient service days for a patient who is admitted and discharged on the same day.
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What are discharges
The denominator in death rates includes this, in addition to the number of deaths.
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What is an occasion of service
This is a specified, identifiable service involved in the care of a patient that is not an encounter.
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What is histogram
This presents quantitative continuous data.
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What is inferential
Public policy decisions are typically based on this type of statistics.
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What is total bed count
This is included in the denominator when calculating the inpatient bed occupancy ratio
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What are inpatient deaths
Gross and net autopsy rates include only this type of death in the denominator.
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What is a register
This is a chronological list of data in a health facility.
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