age 1 of 48
WGU D514 ANALYTICAL METHODS OF HEALTHCARE
LEADERS OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT ACTUAL EXAM
2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
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?
Time-Series
,age 2 of 48
Cross-Sectional
Pretest-posttest
Randomized Control Trial .......Answer.........Time-series
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
Cross-Sectional
,age 3 of 48
Pretest-posttest
Randomized Control Trial .......Answer.........Cross Sectional
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?
Time-Series
Cross-Sectional
Pretest-posttest
, age 4 of 48
Randomized Control Trial .......Answer.........Time-Series
Which type of data analysis could be used in quantitative
research?
Reporting the gender of participants
Ranking the severity order with 1 as the worst and 4 as the best
Reporting the distribution of results or outcomes
Using categorical variables with 0=no and 1=yes
.......Answer.........Reporting the distribution of results or outcomes
What is a characteristic of qualitative research methods?
Utilizes large sample sizes
Determines causal relationships
Generalizes results to the population
WGU D514 ANALYTICAL METHODS OF HEALTHCARE
LEADERS OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT ACTUAL EXAM
2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
CORRECT ANSWERS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS
<NEWEST VERSION>
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?
Time-Series
,age 2 of 48
Cross-Sectional
Pretest-posttest
Randomized Control Trial .......Answer.........Time-series
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
Cross-Sectional
,age 3 of 48
Pretest-posttest
Randomized Control Trial .......Answer.........Cross Sectional
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?
Time-Series
Cross-Sectional
Pretest-posttest
, age 4 of 48
Randomized Control Trial .......Answer.........Time-Series
Which type of data analysis could be used in quantitative
research?
Reporting the gender of participants
Ranking the severity order with 1 as the worst and 4 as the best
Reporting the distribution of results or outcomes
Using categorical variables with 0=no and 1=yes
.......Answer.........Reporting the distribution of results or outcomes
What is a characteristic of qualitative research methods?
Utilizes large sample sizes
Determines causal relationships
Generalizes results to the population
