Applied Healthcare Statistics Final Exam
With Multiple, Correctly Answered Questions
Already Graded A
1. A hospital reports that the average length of stay for
pneumonia patients is 5.2 days with a standard deviation of
1.4 days. What is the correct interpretation?
A) Most patients stay exactly 5.2 days.
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B) The median stay is 1.4 days.
C) The typical deviation from the mean is 1.4 days.
D) 5.2 days is the mode.
Answer: C
Rationale: Standard deviation measures the average distance of
data points from the mean.
2. In a dataset of patient ages (22, 34, 45, 45, 67, 68, 70),
what is the mode?
A) 45
B) 50.1
C) 45 and 67
D) No mode
Answer: A
Rationale: Mode is the most frequent value (45 appears twice).
3. A clinic records blood pressures: 120, 125, 130, 135, 140.
The interquartile range (IQR) is:
A) 10
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B) 15
C) 20
D) 5
Answer: B
*Rationale: Q1=125, Q3=140, IQR=15.*
4. Which measure is least affected by outliers in hospital
billing data?
A) Mean
B) Range
C) Median
D) Variance
Answer: C
Rationale: Median is robust to extreme values.
5. Scenario: A researcher wants to summarize the central
tendency of skewed length of stay data. Which measure is
best?
A) Mean
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B) Median
C) Mode
D) Standard deviation
Answer: B
Rationale: Median better represents skewed distributions.
6. If variance of HbA1c levels is 0.64, standard deviation is:
A) 0.8
B) 0.64
C) 0.4
D) 0.32
Answer: A (sqrt(0.64)=0.8)
7. In a normal distribution of cholesterol levels, mean=200
mg/dL, SD=20. The coefficient of variation is:
A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 15%
D) 5%