What statistics are of primary interest to the health and sa

What statistics are of primary interest to the health and safety professional?

Solution

Qualitative Quantitative Indices Definition Nominal Ordinal Interval/ratio Arithmetic mean Sum of the observed values divided by the total number of observations x Median Midpoint value of the observed distribution x x Mode Most frequent value x x x Range Lowest and highest values of the distribution x x Variance Sum of the squared difference of each value from the mean divided by the total number of observations minus 1 x