Statistical Terms/Databases and Data Sets –
1: Q&A
Data Correct Ans - items, observations, or raw facts
Data analytics Correct Ans - The inspection and evaluation
of groups of data using statistics.
Health Care data Correct Ans - administrative, financial,
and clinical data
Examples of data items in health care Correct Ans -
patient age, sex, marital status, and diagnosis.
table Correct Ans - Used to compare characteristics of
items.
Bar graph Correct Ans - Used to compare categories with
each other.
line graph Correct Ans - Used to represent data over a
period of time
pie chart Correct Ans - Used to compare categories with
one another in relation to the whole group.
Histogram Correct Ans - Used to illustrate a frequency
distribution
Categories of data Correct Ans - departmental data,
financial data, clinical data, administrative (demographic &
socioeconomic) data.
Information Correct Ans - Data that have been organized
to give it context and meaning
