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Test Bank For Basic Allied Health Statistics and Analysis, Spiral bound Version - 4th - 2015 All Chapters - 9781133602705
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,Test Bank For Basic Allied Health Statistics and Analysis, Spiral bound VersionChapter 1
1. The collection, organization, analysis, presentation and
interpretation of numerical data is the basic definition of statistics.
*a. True
b. False
2. The following example is part of a sample: In December, 5 patients
left the hospital AMA (Against Medical Advice) and the hospital is
requesting an evaluation of why this occurred.
a. True
*b. False
3. The full term for the abbreviation DIS or DC is discharge.
*a. True
b. False
4. The number of births, date of deaths, and number of marriages are
examples of vital statistics.
*a. True
b. False
5. Demography is the study of the characteristics of the human
population.
*a. True
b. False
6. The term ____ is best defined as “information, especially when organized for analysis or used
as the basis for a decision.”
a. statistics
b. numbers
c. database
*d. data
7. Which statement is correct?
*a. Data are based on facts.
b. Data are collected at the end of a patient's stay.
c. Data are collected only on patients only on observations.
d. Data are never collected on inpatient admissions.
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8. Indicate whether the data represented in the following example is part of a population or a
sample:
51 patients in the Emergency Department expired during the past year and the hospital is
requesting an analysis of the deaths.
a. Sample
*b. Population
9. Indicate whether the data represented in the following example is part of a population or a
sample:
A coder in the Health Information Department has coded 1,000 charts in the past month and her
supervisor plans to check 10% of the charts.
*a. Sample
b. Population
10. Indicate whether the following represents quantitative or qualitative variables:
The number of pregnancies.
*a. Quantitative
b. Qualitative
11. Indicate whether the following represents quantitative or qualitative variables:
Gender of a patient.
a. Quantitative
*b. Qualitative
12. Indicate whether the following represents quantitative or qualitative variables:
A patient’s heart rate.
*a. Quantitative
b. Qualitative
13. The term “constant” is defined as the following:
*a. Something that only assumes one value
b. Something that can change
14. The term “variable” is defined as the following:
*a. Something that can change
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b. Something that assumes one value
15. Which of the following is an example of a constant?
a. A patient’s blood pressure
*b. A patient’s date of birth
c. A patient’s heart rate
d. A patient’s age
16. Identify the term for data that refers to an ordering or ranking.
a. Nominal
b. Discrete
c. Grouped
*d. Ordinal
17. Identify the term for data that “measures to the nearest.”
a. Grouped
*b. Continuous
c. Nominal
d. Ordinal
18. Identify the term for data that gathers data on the prevalence of disease.
a. Mortality
b. Nominal
*c. Morbidity
d. Ordinal
19. Identify the term for data that refers to death rates.
*a. Mortality
b. Ordinal
c. Morbidity
d. Nominal
20. Identify the term for data that combines scores in some way.
a. Discrete
*b. Grouped
c. Nominal
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