Course Outline
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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 Statistics Terms
- Samples and Populations
- Data, Statistics, and Parameters
- Independent and Dependent Variables
- Discrete and Continuous Data
- Read the following passage, and identify the underlined words: The researchers tested 50 students chosen at random who had taken calculus in high scho...
- Read the following passage, and identify the underlined words: The researchers tested 50 students chosen at random who had taken calculus in high scho...
- Read the following passage, and identify the underlined words: The researchers tested 50 students chosen at random who had taken calculus in high scho...
- Identify whether the underlined phrase is an independent or dependent variable: The amount of sunlight that plants receive is directly proportional to...
- Graphic Representation of Data
- Frequency Distribution
- Data and Data Pairs
- Using Frequency Distributions
- Reading Frequency Distributions
- Constructing Frequency Distributions
- A 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 vs. Relative Frequency
- Use the following data for the next four questions: Table 5: Serum BUN values (mg/dL) from hospital employees at Kettering Medical Center15.922.59.116...
- 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 424112150310231216...
- Table 6: Number of children in household for 20 households in Atlanta, Georgia 42411215031023121610 What is the median number of children in a househo...
- Table 6: Number of children in household for 20 households in Atlanta, Georgia 42411215031023121610 What is the mode of the number of children in a ho...
- Measures of Spread
- 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, the range within which 95% of healthy people will fall. What is this range?...
- Coefficient of Variation
- A Measure of Relative Variability
- Using the Coefficient of Variation
- Monitoring Methods
- What is the coefficient of variation of the data you used in the previous section? ( = 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 for students in clinical laboratory science programs who want a review of the statistics that are analyzed for assessment of quality control.
Author information: Beverly Schieltz, MS, MT(ASCP), is a lecturer in the Department of Biological Sciences at Wright State University located in Dayton, Ohio.
Author information: Brad Westover received his BS in Physics in 2006 from the California Institute of Technology. He is currently pursuing a Ph. D. at the University of California, San Diego.
Reviewer information: Rory Huschka, M.Ed., MT(ASCP), has over 20 years of combined experience as a medical technologist, technical supervisor, professor, and manager. He is the former Director of Clinical Laboratory Science and Medical Laboratory Technician Programs. He is currently a Program Director at MediaLab, Inc. Rory holds a BS degree in Medical Technology from North Dakota State University and a Masters in Educational Leadership.
About the Course: This course is part of a series of courses adapted for the web by MediaLab Inc. under license from Educational Materials for Health Professionals Inc. Dayton OH, 45420. Copyright EMHP.