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HIT246 Quiz 4 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| True or False? Vital statistics are event in our lives such as birth, death, and divorce. | True |
| Which rate describes the number of new cases of illness for a specific time period? | Incident rate |
| The CMI is calculated by adding the _______for all Medicare discharges and dividing by the number of Medicare discharges. | MS-DRG Weights |
| Identify the term that best refers to the systematic process of data collection, repeated over time or at a single point in time. | Measurement |
| This type of research describes events, persons, activities, and processes without the use of numerical data. | qualitative research |
| This type of research uses numbers to describe a study including some comparisons of the population and statistical analysis to describe the results. | quantitate research |
| What is the order of the research process? | 1. Define the problem, 2. Review the literature, 3. Design the research, 4. Collect the data, 5. Analyze the data , 6. Draw conclusions |
| Name a characteristic of qualitative research | describe observations without the use of numerical data |
| Which committee has the primary responsibility to protect the right and welfare of human research subjects? | Institutional Review Board (IRB) |
| A health information manager would like more information about a new supervisory technique, so he organizes a focus group of supervisors to generate ideas and clarify concepts, this is an example of .... | descriptive research |
| A researcher found that greater use of the internet can decrease social support and lead to depression and loneliness is an example of .... | observational research |
| The behavioral health department at Community Hospital is interested in studying whether the smoking-cessation program they instituted for the employees is working is an example of... | evaluation research |
| A researcher wants to study if eating too much sugar causes childhood diabetes is an example of... | experimental research |
| What is the term for a measure of consistency of data items based on their reproducibility and an estimation of their error of measurement? | reliability |
| This is the degree to which scientific observations actually measure or record what they purport to measure | validity |
| When a clinical trial of a new medication is no better than the current medication, it is determined to be a ______ hypothesis. | null |
| Which of the following would be considered a primary data source? | surveys |
| A statement that identifies the predicted relationship among variables in measurable terms is called a(n) ______________. | hypothesis |
| The Quality Improvement Department is planning to select 50 patient satisfaction surveys from patients discharged who were between the ages of 50 to 64. This is an example of a ___________ . | quota |
| The HIM manager is conducting a survey of physician satisfaction of the HIM Department. She asks the physicians who happen to be in the Physician’s Lounge to complete the survey. This is an example of a __________ sample. | convenience |
| A data-collection method that uses open-ended questions and allows the participant to express a freer response in his or her own words is called ________ questions. | unrestricted |
| The midpoint of the distribution of values or the point above or below which 50 percent of the values fall. | median |
| A measure of central tendency that is determined by calculating the arithmetic average. | mean |
| The value that occurs most frequently in the data. | mode |
| Extreme statistical values that fall outside the normal range and may distort a measure of central tendency. | Outliers |
Created by:
Prof Clark