C417 WGU Pre Test EXAM QUESTION
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Multidimensional - CORRECT ANSWER-Which approach should be used by an insurance
company to construct a database used to
generate ad-hoc reports at the claim level?
Time-series - CORRECT ANSWER-The quality improvement team is reviewing quarterly incident
reports and evaluating the effect
of Six Sigma strategies on the quantity of medication errors over the past two years. The team
hypothesizes a continuous reduction in medical errors for each quarter.
The sample consists of patient clinical and demographic characteristics. Unfortunately,
causation
cannot be determined from the data available.
Which research method should be used to test the team's hypothesis?
Cross-sectional - CORRECT ANSWER-A hospital researcher has access to one year of hospital
emergency department claims data. The
researcher is investigating the association of race on the timeliness of delivery of care. The
, sample includes information on patient demographics, insurance information, and emergency
department factors. Due to patient confidentiality, the sample does not include patient clinical
information and outcomes.
Which research method should be used?
Time-series - CORRECT ANSWER-A policy analyst is interested in determining if the prospective
payment system (PPS) has
improved hospital efficiency over time during the past ten years. The sample for analysis
consists of ten years of data after the introduction of the PPS and includes measures of
efficiency
and other relevant control variables. The analyst hypothesizes that hospital efficiency should
have increased each year after the PPS was implemented.
Which research method should the analyst use?
Reporting the distribution of results or outcomes - CORRECT ANSWER-Which type of data
analysis could be used in quantitative research?
Introduces subjectivity to data collection - CORRECT ANSWER-What is a characteristic of
qualitative research methods?
Pretest-posttest - CORRECT ANSWER-Many physician practices now utilize an electronic health
record (EHR) system that includes a
secure messaging feature. Some of these practices have extended their contact with patients by
conducting virtual viterm-45sits between people with diabetes and nurses who are certified
diabetes
educators. The remote technology includes the ability to monitor blood glucose data to
determine
if these values are within goal range. After six months, the results of the blood glucose levels for
AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+ [LATEST UPDATE] 100%
GUARANTEED PASS
Multidimensional - CORRECT ANSWER-Which approach should be used by an insurance
company to construct a database used to
generate ad-hoc reports at the claim level?
Time-series - CORRECT ANSWER-The quality improvement team is reviewing quarterly incident
reports and evaluating the effect
of Six Sigma strategies on the quantity of medication errors over the past two years. The team
hypothesizes a continuous reduction in medical errors for each quarter.
The sample consists of patient clinical and demographic characteristics. Unfortunately,
causation
cannot be determined from the data available.
Which research method should be used to test the team's hypothesis?
Cross-sectional - CORRECT ANSWER-A hospital researcher has access to one year of hospital
emergency department claims data. The
researcher is investigating the association of race on the timeliness of delivery of care. The
, sample includes information on patient demographics, insurance information, and emergency
department factors. Due to patient confidentiality, the sample does not include patient clinical
information and outcomes.
Which research method should be used?
Time-series - CORRECT ANSWER-A policy analyst is interested in determining if the prospective
payment system (PPS) has
improved hospital efficiency over time during the past ten years. The sample for analysis
consists of ten years of data after the introduction of the PPS and includes measures of
efficiency
and other relevant control variables. The analyst hypothesizes that hospital efficiency should
have increased each year after the PPS was implemented.
Which research method should the analyst use?
Reporting the distribution of results or outcomes - CORRECT ANSWER-Which type of data
analysis could be used in quantitative research?
Introduces subjectivity to data collection - CORRECT ANSWER-What is a characteristic of
qualitative research methods?
Pretest-posttest - CORRECT ANSWER-Many physician practices now utilize an electronic health
record (EHR) system that includes a
secure messaging feature. Some of these practices have extended their contact with patients by
conducting virtual viterm-45sits between people with diabetes and nurses who are certified
diabetes
educators. The remote technology includes the ability to monitor blood glucose data to
determine
if these values are within goal range. After six months, the results of the blood glucose levels for
