CEDO 540 Week 4

Here is my last 2 1/2 weeks in a nutshell...then I'll tie it all into statistics. My son was in the doctor 2 1/2 weeks ago with strep, then had the flu, followed by a double ear infection = 2 doctor visits and many, many calls between visits with the nurse(s). My daughter also followed a few days behind her brother with all of the same symptoms, therefore leading me to believe that maybe she had the same outcomes = 2 doctor visits for her as well and many, many calls between the visits with the nurse(s). Yesterday she walked into the corner of a tv cabinet door that was open and caught the corner right between her eyes = over an hour on hold/talking to the nurse(s) for them to tell me to go to the ER since they weren't comfortable looking at her/dealing with it since the laceration is on her face. Great...Packed up the 2 year old to spend 3 hours in the ER waiting room with a bunch of crazies while waiting for a room to open up. Finally, got into a room and had some numbing gel applied to the wound and had to wait another hour. FINALLY, the doctor was able to come and put in 4 stitches while I had to lay on top of her as she was wrapped in a blanket to prevent her from swatting at the doctor as the nurse held her head still. I hope I don't have to do that again. On top of that, the ER doctor discovered that she does now also have an ear infection. Super. There's the background...now let's talk stats.

I'm thinking about the 4 doctor visits and 1 trip to the ER and trying to estimate the mean, median, and mode regarding the $$$$$$$$$$$$$ it is going to cost me. In addition, I can look at how many hours I spent on the phone talking to a nurse in the last 2 1/2 weeks and try to figure out how many minutes, on average, I was on with each call. Now let's talk standard deviation....I know the ER trip is going to be much more expensive than the other regular doctor visits. Let's see how many standard deviations it is away from the regular doctor visit bill average....We can also look at the prescriptions I've paid for between the strep throat and 2 sets of ear infections. We could probably manipulate that data to figure out the mean, median, mode, and how many standard deviations the Augmentin is away from the average of the other amoxicillin prescripts.

I've found a real-life application for stats....not sure I like the numbers though! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$