Question 1

Patient ages, weights, lengths of stay, salaries, and billing charges are examples of what type of data?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 2

What is on the top of the pyramid, and is the final use of the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data?

Accepted Answer

A)  Forecasting 
B)  Business intelligence 
C)  Recommendations 
D)  Knowledge 
A)  Forecasting 
B)  Business intelligence 
C)  Recommendations 
D)  Knowledge

Question 3

An item or characteristic that is measured or counted is called what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Variable 
B)  Independent variable 
C)  Dependent variable 
D)  Value 
A)  Variable 
B)  Independent variable 
C)  Dependent variable 
D)  Value

Question 4

Items or characteristics that are chosen and varied by the researchers and are often described as the cause of whatever response is measured are referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)  variable. 
B)  independent variable. 
C)  dependent variable. 
D)  value. 
A)  variable. 
B)  independent variable. 
C)  dependent variable. 
D)  value.

Question 5

What type of data is measured numerically and may be used for calculations to further describe their group?

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 6

What is the primary purpose of recording data?

Accepted Answer

A)  Compilation of databases 
B)  Trend analysis 
C)  Communication 
D)  Forecasting 
A)  Compilation of databases 
B)  Trend analysis 
C)  Communication 
D)  Forecasting

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of inferential statistics?

Accepted Answer

A)  How many patients can we expect in the emergency room next year 
B)  How many patients visited the emergency room last year 
C)  How long patients stayed in the hospital with a particular diagnosis for the month of August 
D)  What was the average total cholesterol level of patients with type II diabetes this year to date 
A)  How many patients can we expect in the emergency room next year 
B)  How many patients visited the emergency room last year 
C)  How long patients stayed in the hospital with a particular diagnosis for the month of August 
D)  What was the average total cholesterol level of patients with type II diabetes this year to date

Question 8

The inspection and evaluation of groups of data using statistics is called what?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

What is the ultimate goal of health care statistics?

Accepted Answer

A)  To maintain clean and accurate data 
B)  To organize the data into a format that can be used to make decisions 
C)  To create context and meaning 
D)  To observe repeated patterns in the data 
A)  To maintain clean and accurate data 
B)  To organize the data into a format that can be used to make decisions 
C)  To create context and meaning 
D)  To observe repeated patterns in the data

Question 10

Observations without a numerical value that can be sorted or counted into categories are called:

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.

Patient ages, weights, lengths of stay, salaries, and billing charges are examples of what type of data?

What is on the top of the pyramid, and is the final use of the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data?

An item or characteristic that is measured or counted is called what?

Items or characteristics that are chosen and varied by the researchers and are often described as the cause of whatever response is measured are referred to as:

What type of data is measured numerically and may be used for calculations to further describe their group?

What is the primary purpose of recording data?

Which of the following is an example of inferential statistics?

The inspection and evaluation of groups of data using statistics is called what?

What is the ultimate goal of health care statistics?

Observations without a numerical value that can be sorted or counted into categories are called:

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

Patient ages, weights, lengths of stay, salaries, and billing charges are examples of what type of data?

What is on the top of the pyramid, and is the final use of the collection, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data?

An item or characteristic that is measured or counted is called what?

Items or characteristics that are chosen and varied by the researchers and are often described as the cause of whatever response is measured are referred to as:

What type of data is measured numerically and may be used for calculations to further describe their group?

What is the primary purpose of recording data?

Which of the following is an example of inferential statistics?

The inspection and evaluation of groups of data using statistics is called what?

What is the ultimate goal of health care statistics?

Observations without a numerical value that can be sorted or counted into categories are called:

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