HIT 285 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
HIT 285 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
Which of the following data are categorized as ordinal? ANS >> Patient
Severity
Which of the following is an example of unstructured data ANS >>
Progress Note
Which data type does not have a natural order ANS >> Nominal
A hypothesis test is an example of ANS >> inferential statistics
,HIT 285 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Data collected in response to the following prompt would be
characterized as what type of data: "Please list any suggestions for
improvement in your experience as a patient in our facility." ANS >>
Qualitative
Statistical methods that are used to find patterns in data are
characterized as ANS >> exploratory data analysis
which of the following is the primary use of healthcare claims data ANS
>> calculation of reimbursement for services
which of the following are considered descriptive statistics ANS >> (All of
the above) mean, standard deviation, range.
The mean is an appropriate measure of the centre of the distribution
for which of the following variables ANS >> length of stay
predictive modelling ANS >> uses historical data to help determine future
outcomes.
A scatterplot may be used to display the relationship between what
data types ANS >> interval or ratio
Which of the following keywords precedes the listing of variables to be
returned from a SQL query. ANS >> SELECT
, HIT 285 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
A SAS statement always ends with what type of punctuation ANS >>;
semicolon
Which of the following queries will provide a listing of patients who had
services performed by Dr. X during 2007 ANS >> SELECT PATIENT_LNAME,
PATIENT_FNAME
FROM PATIENT
WHERE PHYSICIAN_NAME= 'X'
AND ENC_YEAR=2007
Which of the following keywords may be listed first in an SAS program
ANS >> PROC
SPSS is a ANS >> statistical analysis software package
what type of graph is most appropriate to display the average LOS by
year ANS >> line graph
a data dictionary is a ANS >> summary of the values of the data fields
What type of graph is most appropriate to display he average LOS by
hospital ANS >> bar graph
HIT 285 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
Which of the following data are categorized as ordinal? ANS >> Patient
Severity
Which of the following is an example of unstructured data ANS >>
Progress Note
Which data type does not have a natural order ANS >> Nominal
A hypothesis test is an example of ANS >> inferential statistics
,HIT 285 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Data collected in response to the following prompt would be
characterized as what type of data: "Please list any suggestions for
improvement in your experience as a patient in our facility." ANS >>
Qualitative
Statistical methods that are used to find patterns in data are
characterized as ANS >> exploratory data analysis
which of the following is the primary use of healthcare claims data ANS
>> calculation of reimbursement for services
which of the following are considered descriptive statistics ANS >> (All of
the above) mean, standard deviation, range.
The mean is an appropriate measure of the centre of the distribution
for which of the following variables ANS >> length of stay
predictive modelling ANS >> uses historical data to help determine future
outcomes.
A scatterplot may be used to display the relationship between what
data types ANS >> interval or ratio
Which of the following keywords precedes the listing of variables to be
returned from a SQL query. ANS >> SELECT
, HIT 285 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
A SAS statement always ends with what type of punctuation ANS >>;
semicolon
Which of the following queries will provide a listing of patients who had
services performed by Dr. X during 2007 ANS >> SELECT PATIENT_LNAME,
PATIENT_FNAME
FROM PATIENT
WHERE PHYSICIAN_NAME= 'X'
AND ENC_YEAR=2007
Which of the following keywords may be listed first in an SAS program
ANS >> PROC
SPSS is a ANS >> statistical analysis software package
what type of graph is most appropriate to display the average LOS by
year ANS >> line graph
a data dictionary is a ANS >> summary of the values of the data fields
What type of graph is most appropriate to display he average LOS by
hospital ANS >> bar graph
