Question 1

A pain scale ranging from least to most painful would be considered what type of data?

Accepted Answer

A)  Quantitative data 
B)  Ordinal level data 
C)  Discrete data 
D)  Nominal level data 
A)  Quantitative data 
B)  Ordinal level data 
C)  Discrete data 
D)  Nominal level data

Question 2

A temperature scale (if it is 0° C outside, it doesn't mean that there is no temperature at all) is an example of what type of data?

Accepted Answer

A)  Interval level data 
B)  Ratio level data 
C)  Continuous data 
D)  Qualitative data 
A)  Interval level data 
B)  Ratio level data 
C)  Continuous data 
D)  Qualitative data

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT an example of secondary data collection?

Accepted Answer

A)  An HIM professional abstracts data from patient records into a database. 
B)  A nurse records a patient's blood pressure during an office visit. 
C)  A hospital administrator generates a report of the number of tonsillectomies performed last year. 
D)  A researcher examines reports of gunshot wounds from trauma centers. 
A)  An HIM professional abstracts data from patient records into a database. 
B)  A nurse records a patient's blood pressure during an office visit. 
C)  A hospital administrator generates a report of the number of tonsillectomies performed last year. 
D)  A researcher examines reports of gunshot wounds from trauma centers.

Question 4

What type of data is represented by whole numbers for categories?

Accepted Answer

A)  Quantitative data 
B)  Continuous data 
C)  Discrete data 
D)  Business intelligence data 
A)  Quantitative data 
B)  Continuous data 
C)  Discrete data 
D)  Business intelligence data

Question 5

A list of procedures performed over a certain period of time is called what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Physician index 
B)  Abstracting 
C)  Procedure index 
D)  ICD-10 
A)  Physician index 
B)  Abstracting 
C)  Procedure index 
D)  ICD-10

Question 6

Which of the following is a display of data in rows and columns?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pie chart 
B)  Histogram 
C)  Line graph 
D)  Table 
A)  Pie chart 
B)  Histogram 
C)  Line graph 
D)  Table

Question 7

Descriptive statistics studies data on a broad, ___________ level.

Accepted Answer

A)  sample 
B)  population 
C)  community 
D)  individual 
A)  sample 
B)  population 
C)  community 
D)  individual

Question 8

A patient's personal identifier, gender, race, and ethnicity are all examples of what type of data?

Accepted Answer

A)  Quantitative data 
B)  Ordinal level data 
C)  Discrete data 
D)  Nominal level data 
A)  Quantitative data 
B)  Ordinal level data 
C)  Discrete data 
D)  Nominal level data

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT an example of data items in health care?

Accepted Answer

A)  Initial time point 
B)  Patient age 
C)  Gender 
D)  Marital status 
A)  Initial time point 
B)  Patient age 
C)  Gender 
D)  Marital status

Question 10

What data type has a logical order or ranking, meaningful, consistent intervals, and includes a zero in its order?

Accepted Answer

A)  Interval level data 
B)  Ratio level data 
C)  Continuous data 
D)  Qualitative data 
A)  Interval level data 
B)  Ratio level data 
C)  Continuous data 
D)  Qualitative data

Question 11

What is the scientific application of mathematical principles to the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of numerical data?

Accepted Answer

A)  Statistics 
B)  Health care 
C)  Data analytics 
D)  Abstracting 
A)  Statistics 
B)  Health care 
C)  Data analytics 
D)  Abstracting

Question 12

What process involves an initial question or problem that needs to be answered, and the calculations performed to address the question?

Accepted Answer

A)  Interpretation 
B)  Abstracting 
C)  Procedure index 
D)  Analysis 
A)  Interpretation 
B)  Abstracting 
C)  Procedure index 
D)  Analysis

Question 13

What is the discipline of collecting, describing, interpreting, and presenting data?

Accepted Answer

A)  Categorical statistics 
B)  Ordinal statistics 
C)  Inferential statistics 
D)  Descriptive statistics 
A)  Categorical statistics 
B)  Ordinal statistics 
C)  Inferential statistics 
D)  Descriptive statistics

Question 14

Which of the following is a display of category percentages?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pie chart 
B)  Histogram 
C)  Line graph 
D)  Table 
A)  Pie chart 
B)  Histogram 
C)  Line graph 
D)  Table

Question 15

What is the manual collection of data from medical charts or the digital collection of data from electronic health records called?

Accepted Answer

A)  Data analytics 
B)  Abstracting 
C)  Procedure index 
D)  Interpretation 
A)  Data analytics 
B)  Abstracting 
C)  Procedure index 
D)  Interpretation

Question 16

What are the items, observations, or raw facts used to describe a question under study?

Accepted Answer

A)  Statistics 
B)  Independent variable 
C)  Dependent variable 
D)  Data 
A)  Statistics 
B)  Independent variable 
C)  Dependent variable 
D)  Data

Question 17

The data set collected for hospital inpatients is:

Accepted Answer

A)  MDS. 
B)  UHDDS. 
C)  UACDS. 
D)  OASIS. 
A)  MDS. 
B)  UHDDS. 
C)  UACDS. 
D)  OASIS.

Question 18

A ____________ is a subset of the population that has been selected using a particular sampling method.

Accepted Answer

A)  sample 
B)  population 
C)  community 
D)  individual 
A)  sample 
B)  population 
C)  community 
D)  individual

Question 19

Which of the following is a dependent variable?

Accepted Answer

A)  Weeks of gestation 
B)  Country of birth 
C)  Number of hours in labor 
D)  Mortality rate 
A)  Weeks of gestation 
B)  Country of birth 
C)  Number of hours in labor 
D)  Mortality rate

Question 20

The amount of $42.81 is an example of what type of data?

Accepted Answer

A)  Qualitative data 
B)  Interval level data 
C)  Continuous data 
D)  Nominal data 
A)  Qualitative data 
B)  Interval level data 
C)  Continuous data 
D)  Nominal data

A pain scale ranging from least to most painful would be considered what type of data?

A temperature scale (if it is 0° C outside, it doesn't mean that there is no temperature at all) is an example of what type of data?

Which of the following is NOT an example of secondary data collection?

What type of data is represented by whole numbers for categories?

A list of procedures performed over a certain period of time is called what?

Which of the following is a display of data in rows and columns?

Descriptive statistics studies data on a broad, ___________ level.

A patient's personal identifier, gender, race, and ethnicity are all examples of what type of data?

Which of the following is NOT an example of data items in health care?

What data type has a logical order or ranking, meaningful, consistent intervals, and includes a zero in its order?

What is the scientific application of mathematical principles to the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of numerical data?

What process involves an initial question or problem that needs to be answered, and the calculations performed to address the question?

What is the discipline of collecting, describing, interpreting, and presenting data?

Which of the following is a display of category percentages?

What is the manual collection of data from medical charts or the digital collection of data from electronic health records called?

What are the items, observations, or raw facts used to describe a question under study?

The data set collected for hospital inpatients is:

A ____________ is a subset of the population that has been selected using a particular sampling method.

Which of the following is a dependent variable?

The amount of $42.81 is an example of what type of data?

Basic Math Concepts, Central Tendency, and Dispersion

Data Presentation

Administrative Data

Clinical Facility Data

Public Health Data

Departmental Data

Financial Data

Scrubbing and Mapping Data

Predicting Data

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Exam 1: Introduction to Statistical Terms and Concepts in Health Data Management

A pain scale ranging from least to most painful would be considered what type of data?

A temperature scale (if it is 0° C outside, it doesn't mean that there is no temperature at all) is an example of what type of data?

Which of the following is NOT an example of secondary data collection?

What type of data is represented by whole numbers for categories?

A list of procedures performed over a certain period of time is called what?

Which of the following is a display of data in rows and columns?

Descriptive statistics studies data on a broad, ___________ level.

A patient's personal identifier, gender, race, and ethnicity are all examples of what type of data?

Which of the following is NOT an example of data items in health care?

What data type has a logical order or ranking, meaningful, consistent intervals, and includes a zero in its order?

What is the scientific application of mathematical principles to the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of numerical data?

What process involves an initial question or problem that needs to be answered, and the calculations performed to address the question?

What is the discipline of collecting, describing, interpreting, and presenting data?

Which of the following is a display of category percentages?

What is the manual collection of data from medical charts or the digital collection of data from electronic health records called?

What are the items, observations, or raw facts used to describe a question under study?

The data set collected for hospital inpatients is:

A ____________ is a subset of the population that has been selected using a particular sampling method.

Which of the following is a dependent variable?

The amount of $42.81 is an example of what type of data?

Basic Math Concepts, Central Tendency, and Dispersion

Data Presentation

Administrative Data

Clinical Facility Data

Public Health Data

Departmental Data

Financial Data

Scrubbing and Mapping Data

Predicting Data

Filters