284 she is comparing quarterly reports from this past

284. She is comparing quarterly reports from this past year on volume of patients who did not show up to their appointments, to the volume
of patients of the previous year, who did not show up to their appointments, to see if the automated system has proven effective. She is
considering other variables as she reviews the data, but is primarily analyzing the number of "no-show" patients from last year's quarterly
reports to this year's. → Linear regression
285. True
286. False
3. Helps the researcher to compare whether two groups have different average values. A paired ____________ is used when each observation
in one group is paired with a related observation in another. → Forecasting
4. The value is in the name or label. Types of cancers (breast, skin, lung, etc.) → Categorical Variables
5. Also known as an interval variable. There is a meaningful difference between values. An example is body temperature. → Relational Database 6. Defined as "differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of diseases"; frequently seen in subpopulations based on
socioeconomic status, geography, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or special needs. → The standard error
293. True
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294. False
7. Can be measured as a frequency or percentage, and the mean of these data cannot be calculated. In healthcare might include demographic
information about patients. The word means "pertaining to a name."
8. The chief medical officer of emergency services is investigating the number of gunshot victims seen in their emergency department in the
past two years, for their hospital. What type of database should be used to locate this data? → Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA)
299. 9 A phenomenon or thing that relates to the individual or objects under study that varies. → Variable
10. A hospital CFO in California is examining reimbursement data from their five-hospital system to compare which hospital is incurring debt from
healthcare services to patients using Medicaid and CHIPS. → Predictive modeling
302. True
303. False
11. Determines the amount of variance in a set of data and evaluates the degree to which each case deviates from the average, or mean.
Standard Deviation (SD)
→ 12. Operates through the CDC: data on birth, death, marriages, divorces, and fetal deaths. → The Medical Expenditure Panel
306. Survey (MEPS)
13. The difference in the chance of an event between the treatment and control groups. → Multiple regression 14. Is designed to test if two population variances are equal. The ratio of the two variances is compared. If they are equal, the ratio of the
variances will be 1. → F-test
311. True
312. False
15. Operates through CDC; the National Health Care Surveys are designed to answer key questions of interest to health care policy makers, public
health professionals, and researchers.
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