Question 1

In an 800-bed health care facility during the month of January the total inpatient days for adults were 13,500. What was the average daily census?

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Question 2

What kind of data is shown?

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Question 3

What is it called when every member of the population has the same chance of being included in the sample and the selection of one member has no effect on the selection of another member?

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This is known as a random sample, where each member of the population has an equal chance of being included in the sample and the selection of one member does not influence the selection of another member.

Question 4

The average lengths of stay in the intensive care, cardiac care, and intermediate care units were 13, 7, and 4 days, respectively. The three units have seen 18, 10, and 18 patients, respectively. What was the weighted average length of stay?

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Question 5

Which of the following should be excluded in computing the net autopsy rate?

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Question 6

Ten patients were discharged from the obstetrical service on May 4 at Rocky Mountain Hospital. The day's stay for each patient was 3, 2, 1, 1, 6, 5, 1, 2, 2, and 4. What was the median day's stay for these patients?

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To find the median, we need to arrange the day's stay in ascending order: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
There are 10 patients, so the median will be the average of the 5th and 6th day's stay, which is (2+2)/2 = 2. Therefore, the median day's stay for these patients is 2. The best choice is B.

Question 7

The number of medications a person is taking is an example of ordinal data.

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The number of medications a person is taking is an example of ratio data, as it has a natural zero point (taking no medications) and the differences between values are meaningful.

Question 8

Referring to the information in below, complete the table for the data shown.

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Question 9

Ten patients were discharged from the obstetrical service on May 4 at Rocky Mountain Hospital. The day's stay for each patient was 3, 2, 1, 1, 6, 5, 1, 2, 2, and 4. What was(were) the mode(s) for these patients?

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The mode is the value(s) that appears most frequently in a set of data. In this set, the values that appear most frequently are 1 and 2, both appearing three times. Therefore, the mode(s) are 1 and 2.

Question 10

The average length of stay for a patient who was admitted and died on the same day is 1 day.

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If a patient was admitted and died on the same day, their length of stay would be 1 day, on average.

Question 11

What was the relative frequency for the data in the 10,000-14,999 interval?

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Question 12

In which column is the ratio specified?

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Question 13

Ten patients were discharged from the obstetrical service on May 4 at Rocky Mountain Hospital. The day's stay for each patient was 3, 2, 1, 1, 6, 5, 1, 2, 2, and 4. What was the range for these patients' length of stay?

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Question 14

What kind of data is shown?

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Question 15

Which fiscal agent provided more covered care for females than for others?

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Question 16

What is the mean LOS for patients having community-acquired viral pneumonia?

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Question 17

In an 800-bed health care facility during the month of January the total inpatient days for adults were 13,500. What was the percentage of occupancy?

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Question 18

The standard deviation is the most common measure of variation and is represented by the symbol S.

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Question 19

Which is the average number of days of service for each inpatient discharged within a given period?

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The average length of stay is the average number of days a patient stays in the hospital before being discharged. This is the most appropriate choice for the given question. The median is the middle value in a set of data and may not accurately represent the average length of stay. The inpatient census refers to the number of patients currently in the hospital and does not provide information about the length of stay. The occupancy average is the percentage of available beds that are occupied on a given day and is not a measure of length of stay.

Question 20

What type of data are these examples: the number of records that are analyzed, the number of patients interviewed in a patient satisfaction survey?

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These examples are counts, which means they are discrete data. Therefore, the best choice is C.

Quiz 10: Statistics and Data Presentation

In an 800-bed health care facility during the month of January the total inpatient days for adults were 13,500. What was the average daily census?

What kind of data is shown?

What is it called when every member of the population has the same chance of being included in the sample and the selection of one member has no effect on the selection of another member?

The average lengths of stay in the intensive care, cardiac care, and intermediate care units were 13, 7, and 4 days, respectively. The three units have seen 18, 10, and 18 patients, respectively. What was the weighted average length of stay?

Which of the following should be excluded in computing the net autopsy rate?

Ten patients were discharged from the obstetrical service on May 4 at Rocky Mountain Hospital. The day's stay for each patient was 3, 2, 1, 1, 6, 5, 1, 2, 2, and 4. What was the median day's stay for these patients?

The number of medications a person is taking is an example of ordinal data.

Referring to the information in below, complete the table for the data shown.

Ten patients were discharged from the obstetrical service on May 4 at Rocky Mountain Hospital. The day's stay for each patient was 3, 2, 1, 1, 6, 5, 1, 2, 2, and 4. What was(were) the mode(s) for these patients?

The average length of stay for a patient who was admitted and died on the same day is 1 day.

What was the relative frequency for the data in the 10,000-14,999 interval?

In which column is the ratio specified?

Ten patients were discharged from the obstetrical service on May 4 at Rocky Mountain Hospital. The day's stay for each patient was 3, 2, 1, 1, 6, 5, 1, 2, 2, and 4. What was the range for these patients' length of stay?

What kind of data is shown?

Which fiscal agent provided more covered care for females than for others?

What is the mean LOS for patients having community-acquired viral pneumonia?

In an 800-bed health care facility during the month of January the total inpatient days for adults were 13,500. What was the percentage of occupancy?

The standard deviation is the most common measure of variation and is represented by the symbol S.

Which is the average number of days of service for each inpatient discharged within a given period?

What type of data are these examples: the number of records that are analyzed, the number of patients interviewed in a patient satisfaction survey?