MODULE 2 Data Types & Measurements LEARNING OBJECTIVES Learning Objectives: Distinguish between qualitative(categorical) and quantitative (numerical) data. Distinguish between discrete and continuous numerical data. Identify the various scales of measuring data – nominal‚ ordinal‚ interval and ratio.. Implications of data types and measurement scales for statistical analysis. Reading Assignments Textbook – Chapters 1.1‚ 1.2‚ 1.3‚ 1.4‚ 1.5‚ 1.6 and 1.7
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individual this is medical insurance. Medicare provides medical coverage for over a 100 million people. First Coast Service option services a Medicare claims for Florida‚ Puerto Rico‚ and Virgin Islands. A Utilization review (UR) nurse decides what level of care is necessary and appropriate for patients. We make decisions to either approve or reject a diagnostic test‚ medication‚ or a specific treatment (cms.com). Statistics are used in most work settings for many different reasons. In the medical
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Module 01 Homework Assignment Use the information presented in this module along with additional outside research to answer the questions: 1. Describe how applied microbiology is used to improve aspects of life and the environment. Microbiology is the study of microorganisms (VanMeter‚ VanMeter‚ & Hubert‚ n.d.‚ p.3). These are all of the things not visible to the human eye. With the study of microbiology‚ it enables us to find things such as viruses and bacteria. This is helpful because
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Which chains make the most efficient use of solar energy? A 1 and 2 B 1 and 4 C 2 and 3 D 2 and 4 5 The following diagram represents the flow of materials within a balanced ecosystem. The boxes represent various trophic levels. Which box represents herbivores? 6 The following diagram represents part of a food web for a fresh pond. Which organism is a primary consumer? A pond snails B pondweed C water beetles D water mites
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the interval level of measurement? Age (yrs)‚ Income (annual)($)‚ Length of labor (hrs)‚ Return to work (wks)‚ and Number of hours working per week were measured at least at the interval level of measurement 2. What statistics were used to describe the length of labor in this study? Were these appropriate? The variable length of labor were used to describe by ratio data that can be described by using mean‚ range‚ and standard deviation. it is also called as interval/ratio level data 3. What
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information in the form of debates between two completely opposing viewpoints. Not only do I find this extremely boring‚ but I feel that it limits the scope of the presentation and does not allow us to really develop arguments and insights to a deeper level. Instead‚ we utilized a format wherein each of us presented various viewpoints on the same topic and did not have to stick to a specific perspective. I really liked how this worked out for us in our final presentation. In our feedback‚ they said that
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Ballard Integrated Managed Services Douglas Medical Cen er New survey will attempt to correct several deficiencies from previous survey: Low response rate will be corrected by informing employees why the survey was needed‚ alleviating concerns regarding confidentiality‚ and informing employees what the information would be used for. Poor wording or metrics for the survey were going to be corrected by having senior management take the survey to provide input on how the survey was to take‚ and
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wind‚ temp‚ Temp‚ Biotic (living) factors Trees‚ rabbits‚ insects‚ birds… Lions‚ snakes Fish‚ plankton‚ Birds‚ monkeys bacteria‚ Insects‚ bacteria Animals 3. Give examples of ecological studies performed at the population‚ community‚ and ecosystem level. POPULATION- ecologist study the deer population in the north west or they study the population of rattle snakes in AZ. They study the size of the population and how it changes over time. They study what type of foods are eaten and what types of habitats
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to as being tri-trophic. Due to nature’s complexity and the millions of extant species of plants and animals‚ cascading trophic effects are capable of running through multiple trophic levels. Depending on the species‚ or location‚ effects from apex predators can cascade through four‚ seven or twenty trophic levels. The occurrences of trophic cascades have been recognized in all of Earth’s major
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Geographically‚ the project area is located between the longitudes 86º10’45”E to 86º12’06”E and latitude 27º44’07”N to 27º45’15”N. Physio-graphically‚ the project area belongs to the Middle Mountain Zone and elevation ranges from 980 meter above mean sea level (amsl) to 1400 m amsl along the upper catchment boundary. According to the hydrological study‚ the design discharge of 0.35 m3/s is about 57% exceedence river flow. Thus with a gross head of 412 m and net head of 392.01 m and 0.35 m3/s design flow
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