Healthcare Analytics
- Read pages 91-99 from Chapter 6: Working with Data from the Strome (2013) textbook. Also, read selected topics from Chapters 1 and 2 from Le
(2003) book to further support your answer to the following two questions:
Question 1: Based on the reading, what requisite information an analyst needs to know when developing analytics. Write in your own words.
Question 2: In your own words, define the four data types (based on levels of measurement), giving one example of each type: (a) Categorical
(Nominal) Data, (b) Ordinal Data, (c) Interval Data, and (d) Ratio Data from your field or experience (whenever possible). - Read Research Article entitled “Descriptive Statistics Reporting the Answers to the 5 basic questions” from within Module 2 to answer the following
question:
Question 3: What descriptive statistics are used for reporting the 5 basic questions? (Write in your own words) - Read Chapter 10: Usability and Performance of Information from the Strome (2013) textbook to answer the following question:
Question 4: (a) How would you present and explore information (contained in data) effectively? (b) What would you avoid to make your presentation
unambiguous? (Write in your own words)