Test Bank for Basic Allied Health Statistics and Analysis, Spiral bound, 5th Edition Darche (All Chapters included)
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Introduction to Statistics
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Introduction To Statistics
Complete test bank for Basic Allied Health Statistics and Analysis, Spiral bound, 5th Edition by Lorie Darche, Gerda Koch ; ISBN13: 9781337796965. (Full Chapters included Chapter 1 to 14)....
1. Health Statistics: Why Are They Important?
2. Mathematics: Reviewing the Basics.
3. Health Data Acros...
Basic Allied Health Statistics and
Analysis, Spiral bound
5th Edition by Lorie Darche
Complete Chapters Test Bank
are included (Ch 1 to 14)
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,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01: Health Statistics: Why Are They Important?
True / False
1. The collection, organization, analysis, presentation and interpretation of numerical data is the basic definition of
statistics.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 2/21/2019 9:00 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 2/21/2019 9:01 PM
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
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 2/21/2019 9:02 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 2/21/2019 9:02 PM
3. The full term for the abbreviation DIS or DC is discharge.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 2/21/2019 9:02 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 2/21/2019 10:44 PM
4. The number of births, date of deaths, and number of marriages are examples of vital statistics.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 2/21/2019 9:03 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 2/21/2019 9:03 PM
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,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01: Health Statistics: Why Are They Important?
5. Demography is the study of the characteristics of the human population.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 2/21/2019 9:03 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 2/21/2019 9:04 PM
6. Theoretical statistics deals with the application of theorems, formulae, rules, and laws to solve real-world problems.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 2/21/2019 11:30 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 2/21/2019 11:30 PM
7. Data extracted from individual health records and combined to form de-identified information about the patient
group that can be compared and analyzed is called aggregate data.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 2/21/2019 11:41 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 2/21/2019 11:41 PM
8. A patient who leaves without an order for discharge is considered an AMA (against medical advice).
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 2/21/2019 11:43 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 2/21/2019 11:43 PM
Multiple Choice
9. The term ____ is best defined as “information, especially when organized for analysis or used as the basis for a
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, Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01: Health Statistics: Why Are They Important?
decision.”
a. statistics
b. numbers
c. database
d. data
ANSWER: d
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 2/21/2019 9:05 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 2/21/2019 9:05 PM
10. 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.
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 2/21/2019 9:06 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 2/21/2019 9:06 PM
11. 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
ANSWER: b
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
HAS VARIABLES: False
DATE CREATED: 2/21/2019 9:07 PM
DATE MODIFIED: 2/21/2019 9:08 PM
12. 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
ANSWER: a
POINTS: 1
QUESTION TYPE: Multiple Choice
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