Describing Data -Use the Sample Data Descriptions Above to Answer the Following

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Essay

Describing Data
$\begin{array} {| l | l | l | l | l| } \hline { \text { Name } } & { \text { Definition } } &{ \text { Size } } & { \text { Type } } & { \text { Exarnple } } \\\hline \text { FNAME } & \begin{array} { l } \text { Patient's First } \\\text { Name }\end{array} & 15 \text { Characters } & \text { Alphabetical } & \text { Jarse } \\\hline \text { LNAME } & \begin{array} { l } \text { Patient's Last } \\\text { Name }\end{array} & 15 \text { Characters } & \text { Alphabetical } & \text { Jones } \\\hline \text { HTEL } & \begin{array} { l } \text { Patient's Home } \\\text { Telephone } \\\text { Nurmber }\end{array} & 12 \text { Characters } & \begin{array} { l } \text { Alpharumnerica } \\1\end{array} & 973 - 555 - 3331 \\\hline \text { TEMP } & \begin{array} { l } \text { Patient's } \\\text { Temperature }\end{array} & 5 \text { Characters } & \text { Nurnerical } & 98.6 \\\hline\end{array}$
-Use the sample data descriptions above to answer the following question.
Using 12 alphanumerical characters is one way to capture the patient's home telephone number. List at least one other way to capture that data.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanisms

Psychological strategies employed by individuals to cope with reality and maintain self-image by unconsciously denying or distorting reality.

Reaction Formation

A defense mechanism where unacceptable impulses are transformed into their opposite in one's consciousness.

Repression

A defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory where uncomfortable thoughts, memories, or desires are pushed out of conscious awareness.