Article: mode
World Encyclopedia;      24 words ...mode In statistics, a measure of central tendency. It is computed by determining the item that occurs most frequently in a data set. See also mean ; median

Article: data set
A Dictionary of Computing;      9 words ...data set 1. Another name for modem . 2. Another name for file .

Article: median
A Dictionary of Sociology;      6 words ...median See CENTRAL TENDENCY (MEASURES OF) .

Article: mean
A Dictionary of Sociology;      6 words ...mean See CENTRAL TENDENCY (MEASURES OF) .

Article: average
A Dictionary of Sociology;      8 words ...average, averaging See CENTRAL TENDENCY (MEASURES OF) .

Article: bimodal distribution
A Dictionary of Sociology;      8 words ...bimodal distribution See CENTRAL TENDENCY (MEASURES OF) .

Article: arithmetic mean
A Dictionary of Sociology;      8 words ...arithmetic mean See CENTRAL TENDENCY (MEASURES OF) .

Article: central tendency (measures of)
A Dictionary of Sociology;      456 words ...central tendency (measures of) A statistical term...otherwise), various measures of central tendency may be calculated. The mean is the...highly skewed. The third measure of central tendency, the mode, is used to describe the...

Article: A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to the Data Bank: A Real Time Data Set for Macroeconomists.(Statistical Data Included)
Business Review (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia);  September 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......problems like these, economists need a data set containing only the observations that were known at each point in time. Such a data set would answer questions such as: What data...can be answered only by constructing a data set that shows what the data looked like at...

Article: Why can't my procedures start on time?(operating room time management)
AORN Journal;  March 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......entire population as an index of central tendency. If all the values in a sample are identical, the index of central tendency is that single value; however...could be used as the index of central tendency by determining the middle measurement...

Article: "Dataset" provides indepth picture of use, quality, cost of inpatient care in US.
Transplant News;  April 12, 1999 ;     317 words ......and Research (AHCPR) has released a new data set which provides an in-depth picture of...hospital characteristics. AHPCR says the 1996 data set - the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS...Medicare, Medicaid and other sources. The data set contained more than 100 clinical and ...

Article: HFMA member of NUBC. (HFMA News).(Brief Article)
Healthcare Financial Management;  April 1, 2003 ;     257 words ......that maintains the integrity of the UB data set and serves as the discussion forum for...develop a single billing form and standard data set that could be used nationwide by institutional...development and implementation of the UB-92 data set. Over the years, the NUBC has realized...

Article: An assessment of the cord blood:maternal blood methylmercury ratio: implications for risk assessment.(Research)
Environmental Health Perspectives;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......No formal analysis of either the central tendency or variability of this ratio has been...factor adjustment is applied to the central tendency estimate of dose to address variability...generate a comprehensive estimate of the central tendency and variability of the ratio. This...

Article: AORN Perioperative Nursing Data Set Recognized by ANA.
AORN Journal;  June 1, 1999 ;     302 words ......notification that the AORN Perioperative Nursing Data Set has been officially recognized by the American Nurses Association (ANA) as a data set useful for the practice of nursing. The...related to the AORN Perioperative Nursing Data Set will acknowledge this recognition by ANA...