Quantitative Analysis

1. For the following variables, state what kind of measurement is being used? (Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio)

a. Geographic Region

b. Control

c. Payroll Expenditure

2. Create a frequency distribution for the beds variable.

3. From that frequency distribution, make a histogram.

4. Using information from the first 8 hospitals in the dataset, make a pie chart for the payroll expenditure variable.

5. Using information from the first 8 hospitals in the dataset, make a stem and leaf plot for the personnel variable.

6. Looking at the graph from questions 4 and 5, ¿can you spot a relationship between the two variables, payroll and personnel? Explain.

Geographic Region

1 South

2 Northeast

3 Midwest

4 Southwest

5 Rocky Mountain

6 California

7 Northwest

Control

1 government, nonfederal

2 nongovernment, not-for-profit

3 for-profit

4 federal government

Service

1 general medical

2 psychiatric

Beds Number of beds

Admissions Number of admissions

Census

Outpat. Visits Number of outpatients

Births Number of births

Tot. Exp. Total expenditures

Payroll Exp. Payroll expenditures

Personnel