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- Introduction to Statistics
- Introduction to Statistics
- Why Statistics?
- Descriptive Statistics
- What common tasks in the clinical laboratory require knowledge of basic statistics?
- Definition of Statistic Terms
- Samples and Populations
- Data, Statistics, and Parameters
- Independent and Dependent Variables
- Discrete and Continuous Data
- Read the following passage and identify the bolded words: The researchers tested 50 students chosen at random who had taken calculus in high school an...
- Read the following passage and identify the bolded words:The researchers tested 50 students chosen at random who had taken calculus in high school and...
- Read the following passage and identify the bolded words:The researchers tested 50 students chosen at random who had taken calculus in high school and...
- Identify whether the bolded phrase is an independent or dependent variable: The amount of sunlight that plants receive is directly proportional to the...
- Graphic Representation of Data
- Importance of Professional Tables and Graphs
- Table Specifications
- Figure Specifications
- Which specification is correct with the following table?Plant #HeightSunlight112621593834251252915Table 1. Study of plant height in varying degrees of...
- What is wrong with the following bar chart?Figure 3
- Frequency Distribution
- Data and Data Pairs
- Using Frequency Distributions
- Reading Frequency Distributions
- Constructing Frequency Distributions
- Frequency Distribution Example
- Step 1: Select Size and Number of Class Intervals
- Step 2: List the Class Intervals
- Step 3: Sort the Data
- Step 4: Determine Frequencies
- Step 5: Determine Relative Frequencies
- Graphing Frequency Distributions
- Bar Chart
- Histogram
- Frequency Polygon
- Absolute versus Relative Frequency
- Use the following data for the next four questions: Table 5. Serum BUN values (mg/dL) from hospital employees at Kettering Medical Center.15.922.59.11...
- Table 5. Serum BUN values (mg/dL) from hospital employees at Kettering Medical Center.15.922.59.116.86.428.615.223.710.317.013.820.57.425.04.118.412.7...
- Table 5. Serum BUN values (mg/dL) from hospital employees at Kettering Medical Center.15.922.59.116.86.428.615.223.710.317.013.820.57.425.04.118.412.7...
- Table 5. Serum BUN values (mg/dL) from hospital employees at Kettering Medical Center.15.922.59.116.86.428.615.223.710.317.013.820.57.425.04.118.412.7...
- Measures of Central Tendency
- Mean, Median, and Mode
- Mean
- Median
- Mode
- Use the following data for the next three questions:Table 6. Number of children in household for 20 households in Atlanta, Georgia.4241121503102312161...
- Table 6. Number of children in household for 20 households in Atlanta, Georgia.42411215031023121610What is the median number of children in a househol...
- Table 6. Number of children in household for 20 households in Atlanta, Georgia.42411215031023121610What is the mode of the number of children in a hou...
- Measures of Spread
- Standard Deviation
- Standard Deviation, continued
- Standard Deviation Example
- Standard Deviation Example, continued
- Use the data for the following question:Table 7. Urea Nitrogen Concentration in 9 Employees (mg/dL).Concentration (mg/dL)-(-)210111113951579TotalWhat ...
- Normal Distribution
- Introduction to the Normal Distribution
- Normal Distribution
- 68-95-99 Rule Illustrated
- Inferences from Sample Data
- Suppose you measured the serum BUN levels in a sample of several healthy people. You found that the average was 19.6 mg/dL, and the standard deviation...
- Your supervisor asks you to give the 95% range of normal serum BUN levels, within which 95% of healthy people will fall. What is this range? (mean = 1...
- Coefficient of Variation
- Using the Coefficient of Variation
- A Measure of Relative Variability
- Monitoring Methods
- What is the coefficient of variation of the data you used in the previous section? (mean = 19.6 mg/dL, s = 6.1 mg/dL)
- References
Additional Information
Level of Instruction: Intermediate
Intended Audience: This course is appropriate for laboratory professionals and students in medical laboratory science programs.
Author Information:
Beverly Schieltz, MS, MLS(ASCP), is a lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences at Wright State University located in Dayton, Ohio.
Brad Westover received his BS in Physics from the California Institute of Technology and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of California, San Diego.
Reviewer Information: Laurie Bjerklie, MA, MLS(ASCP)CM, is
currently an Education Developer for MediaLab and LabCE. She earned a B.S. in
Medical Laboratory Science from the University of North Dakota and an M.A. in
Curriculum and Instruction from Saint Xavier University. She has over 15 years
of experience in higher education and has held program director and faculty
positions in both MLT and MLS programs
About the Course: This course is part of a series of web-adapted courses by MediaLab Inc. under license from Educational Materials for Health Professionals Inc., Dayton, OH, 45420. Copyright EMHP.
