Statistics Chapter 1
Identify the term for data that combines scores into some type of grouping.
grouped
. _____ data contains information on different elements of a population or sample for the same period of time.
Cross section
Which statement is correct?
Data are collected on inpatient admissions.
The full term for the abbreviation DOA is
Dead On Arrival
Identify the term that describes and analyzes a given group without drawing conclusions.
Descriptive analysis
The following example is part of a sample: In December, 5 patients left the hospital AMA (Against Medical Advice) and the hospital is requesting an evaluation of why this occurred.
False
Theoretical statistics deals with the application of theorems, formulae, rules, and laws to solve real-world problems.
False
The full term for the abbreviation IP is
Inpatient
Identify the term for data that refers to an ordering or ranking.
Ordinal
Indicate whether the data represented in the following example is part of a population or a sample: 51 patients in the Emergency Department expired during the past year and the hospital is requesting an analysis of the deaths.
Population
Indicate whether the following represents quantitative or qualitative variables: Gender of a patient.
Qualitative
Indicate whether the following represents quantitative or qualitative variables: A patient's heart rate.
Quantitative
Indicate whether the following represents quantitative or qualitative variables: The number of pregnancies.
Quantitative
A direct end user of a hospital's statistical data used to make decisions includes:
hospitals governing board
This type of data represents values or observations that can be measured on an evenly distributed scale beginning at a point other than true zero.
interval data
Demographic information is also referred to as ____.
non-medical information
Another term for tentative diagnosis.
provisional diagnosis
Registers indexes lists and abstracts are examples of
secondary data
Government agencies, third-party payers, and accrediting agencies are examples of this.
external users
The full term for the abbreviation AHA is ______________________________.
American Hospital Association
The full term for the abbreviation CDC _____________________________________________.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention`
Indicate whether the data represented in the following example is part of a population or a sample: A coder in the Health Information Department has coded 1,000 charts in the past month and her supervisor plans to check 10% of the charts.
Sample
The term "constant" is defined as the following:
Something that only assumes one value
Demography is the study of the characteristics of the human population.
True
The collection, organization, analysis, presentation and interpretation of numerical data is the basic definition of statistics.
True
The full term for the abbreviation DIS or DC is discharge.
True
The full term for the abbreviation JCAHO is Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
True
The number of births, date of deaths, and number of marriages are examples of vital statistics.
True
Which of the following is an example of a constant?
a patients date of birth
Which is referred to as a major primary data source
a patients medical record
A process of comparing the performance of an organization to a standard
benchmark
An HIM professional, specific to statistical data, may:
collect data define the data elements present the data all of the above
Identify the term for data that "measures to the nearest."
continuous
Data measured in decimal fractions, but recorded to the nearest whole number.
continuous data
The term ____ is best defined as "information, especially when organized for analysis or used as the basis for a decision."
data
The process by which data are gathered.
data collection
The U. S. census carried out by the U.S. government is an example of
descriptive statistics
The full term for the abbreviation CMS is
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Identify the term for data that gathers data on the prevalence of disease.
Morbidity
Identify the term that provides information based on data from a sample and draws a conclusion about the subject of the data.
Inferential statistics
Identify the term for data that refers to death rates.
Mortality
