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

Question 1

Patterns often emerge after information is created or gathered. What is the next step in this pyramid process?

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

Answer 1

Knowledge

Question 2

What is the discipline of diagnosing, preventing, and treating diseases and disorders?

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

Answer 2

Health care

Question 3

What is the explanation of the results of the analysis?

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

Answer 3

Interpretation

Question 4

What is the ultimate goal of health care statistics?

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 5

A list of patient discharges sorted by the physician who treated them is called what?

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

Question 6

Which of the following is a display of category percentages?

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

Question 7

What is the primary purpose of recording data?

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

Question 8

What is the organization of the data into a format that allows for an understanding of the findings?

A) Interpretation
B) Presentation
C) Abstracting
D) Analysis

Question 9

Which of the following is a graphical display of data over time?

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

Question 10

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

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

Question 11

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

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

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

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

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

Question 14

Which of the following is a frequency display of data?

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

Question 15

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

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

Question 16

What is the original, firsthand account of the patient's treatment?

A) Primary data
B) Secondary data
C) Tertiary data
D) Historical data

Question 17

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

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

Question 18

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

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

Question 19

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

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

Question 20

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

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

Question 21

Which of the following is an example of inferential statistics?

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 22

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

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

Question 23

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

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

Question 24

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

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

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT an example of inferential statistics?

A) What will be the probable survival of a patient with stage IV inflammatory breast cancer
B) What was the average total cholesterol level of patients with type II diabetes this year to date
C) How many patients can we expect in the emergency room next year
D) The likelihood that patients with surgical complications will require readmission within 7 days of discharge

Question 26

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:

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

Question 27

Which of the following is an independent variable in measuring birth weight?

A) Mortality rate
B) Weeks of gestation
C) Number of siblings
D) Number of lives saved

Question 28

The response, or effect, is measured by the:

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

Question 29

What is the study of using mathematical models to predict future events and to draw conclusions about a sample of a population?

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

Question 30

The data set collected for hospital inpatients is:

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

Question 31

Who are the individuals within the facilities including the departments, such as services and caregivers?

A) Internal users
B) External users
C) Primary users
D) Secondary users

Question 32

Which of the following is a dependent variable?

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

Question 33

The count or measurement of an observation is called what?

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

Question 34

Descriptive statistics studies data on a broad, ___________ level.

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

Question 35

Which of the following is an example of descriptive statistics?

A) How many patients can we expect in the emergency room next year
B) Which physician practice can be expected to bring in the highest revenue next year
C) How many patients visited the emergency room last year
D) What will be the probable survival of a patient with stage IV inflammatory breast cancer

Question 36

What comes from sources other than the original recorder or reporter of the data?

A) Primary data
B) Secondary data
C) Tertiary data
D) Historical data

Question 37

Measles is very rare in the United States. A group of researchers was able to collect demographic and clinical data from 25 reported cases in the Southeast states. These researchers used a:

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

Question 38

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

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 39

Which of the following is NOT an example of descriptive statistics?

A) How many patients visited the emergency room last year
B) How long patients stayed in the hospital with a particular diagnosis for the month of August
C) What was the average total cholesterol level of patients with type II diabetes this year to date
D) The likelihood that patients with surgical complications will require readmission within 7 days of discharge

Question 40

Who are the payers, regulating (licensing and accrediting) bodies, and government agencies?

A) Internal users
B) External users
C) Primary users
D) Secondary users

Question 41

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

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

Question 42

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

A) interval level data.
B) ratio level data.
C) continuous data.
D) qualitative data.

Question 43

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

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

Question 44

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

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

Question 45

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

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

Question 46

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

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

Question 47

What is the name of the data set collected by outpatient settings?

A) Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS)
B) Minimum Data Set (MDS)
C) Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS)
D) Uniform Ambulatory Care Data Set (UACDS)

Question 48

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

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

Question 49

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

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

Question 50

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?

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