QUESTION AND ANSWERS PART 3

Question 1

Which of the following is categorized as ordinal data?

a. Favorite color
b. Physician specialty
c. Patient satisfaction score
d. Gender

Answer 1

Patient satisfaction score

Question 2

TRUE/FALSE: A true/false question has a 50% ratio of getting it correct .

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

TRUE/FALSE: Data has no impact on decision making in organizations.

Answer 3

FALSE

Question 4

A hypothesis test is an example of:

a. Data mining
b. Inferential statistics
c. Descriptive statistics
d. Exploratory data analysis reporting

Answer 4

Inferential statistics

Question 5

TRUE/FALSE: Ratio data can be halved and made into fractions.

Answer 5

TRUE

Question 6

FILL IN THE BLANK: If the mean is 5 and the standard deviation is 1.75; what is value +2 standard deviations?

ANSWER ____________

Answer 6

8.5

Question 7

FILL IN THE BLANK: The range in a frequency distribution is 22. The lowest value is 3. What is the highest value?

ANSWER ________

Answer 7

25

Question 8

TRUE/FALSE: Patients who are in an observation status in a hospital bed and expire during the night are included in the hospital calculation of the death rate.

Answer 8

FALSE

Question 9

Postoperative death rate requires that facilities determine patients who expired within ________ of an operative procedure

Answer 9

10 days

Question 10

TRUE/FALSE: Gross death rate can be calculated by the facility, attending physician, MS DRG and service line

Answer 10

TRUE