Question

Define each of the following terms and describe how the healthcare administrator uses each of them in quantitative analysis:

a.   Estimation

b.   Sampling

c.   Organizing data

d.   Presenting data

e.   Interpreting results

Answer 1

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a.   Estimation -

Any of numerous procedures used to calculate the value of some property of a population from observations of a sample drawn from the population.

Health care admin - uses point estimate for the proportion of population who have diarrhea in a town

b.   

Sampling -  process used in statistical analysis in which a predetermined number of observations are taken from a larger population. The methodology used to sample from a larger population depends on the type of analysis being performed

Health care admin - uses random sampling technique to select randomly a set of 1000 people from the residents of city

c.   

Organizing data -  refers to the method of classifying and organizing data sets to make them more useful.

Health care admin - basically organized the data collected in a analyzable way so that its is useful and consumable. He collects and organizes patient , health care history and other demographical data of his sample

d.   

Presenting data - This refers to the organization of data into tables, graphs or charts, so that logical and statistical conclusions can be derived from the collected measurements

Health care admin - basically creates easy to understand visualizations to better conclude/ interpret data

Its easier for the consumers of this data to conclude what data shows.

e.   

Interpreting results -  Act of explaining, reframing, or otherwise showing your own understanding of something

Health care admin - basically collects all insights and observations from visualization he had created, ties all of them together to make a story which can be narrated to other people in a easier way.