The following table contains a sample from a larger data set collected on people

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The following table contains a sample from a larger data set collected on people discharged from a selected hospital as part of a retrospective chart review of antibiotic usage in hospitals Fimt (H 10) following Sex 1 med. 2 2- F 2 no 2 no 99.0 98.2 47 82 96.8 99.6 98 6 98.0 43 97.6 97.8 99.6 98.4 98.4 99.0 99.2 9B.0 97.0 98.2 98.2 98.6 97.6 98,6 98.0 14 43 lease, determine the type of the following variables that appear in the data table, and decide how best to present them in a summarized way to the hospital manager Please, identify 1 numerical and 1 graphical method for each variable, and justify your choices. . Duration of hospital stay (in days) . Age of patients .First temperature following admission . Count of WBC following admission . Type of service provided for patients (medical or surgical)

Explanation / Answer

Variable

Type

Duration of hospital Stay (in days)

Discrete (Numeric) variable assuming positive integral values

Age

Discrete (Numeric) variable assuming positive integral values

Sex (Female or Male)

Categorical or attribute

First Temperature following admission

Continuous (Numeric) variable assuming real values

Count WBC following admission

Discrete (Numeric) variable assuming positive integral values

Type of service provided to patients (Medical or Surgical)

Categorical or attribute

Data presentation and visualization method:

Variable

Numeric Method

Graphical Method

Duration of hospital Stay (in days)

Frequency Distribution

Histogram and frequency curve

Age

Frequency Distribution

Histogram and frequency curve

Sex (Female or Male)

Table of sex wise count

Pie Chart

First Temperature following admission

Frequency Distribution

Histogram and frequency curve

Count WBC following admission

Frequency Distribution

Histogram and frequency curve

Type of service provided to patients (Medical or Surgical)

Table of service wise count

Pie Chart

Histogram will describe the pattern of data distribution and along with range of data and spread. Frequency curve will indicate nature of the distribution along with its type of skewness.

Pie chart will describe the share of each category in the data.

Variable

Type

Duration of hospital Stay (in days)

Discrete (Numeric) variable assuming positive integral values

Age

Discrete (Numeric) variable assuming positive integral values

Sex (Female or Male)

Categorical or attribute

First Temperature following admission

Continuous (Numeric) variable assuming real values

Count WBC following admission

Discrete (Numeric) variable assuming positive integral values

Type of service provided to patients (Medical or Surgical)

Categorical or attribute

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