HCM 213

Which of the following is the goal of the U.S. health care system? a. Access b. Cost c. Quality d. All of the above Answer: d 2. ACA is the abbreviation for what legislation? a. Accountable Care Organizations b. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act c. Activity Based Costing d. Administrative Cost Accounting Answer: b 3. Which of the following is not a provision that is expected to have a significant impact from the ACA? a. Requirement that all payments for health care be based on quality o...

Random variable X = the number of letters in a word picked at random out of the dictionary. A. Discrete random variable B. Continuous random variable KEY: A 2. Random variable X = the number of letters in the last name of a student picked at random from a class on English composition. A. Discrete random variable B. Continuous random variable KEY: A 3. Random variable X = the time (in seconds) it takes one email to travel between a sender and receiver. A. Discrete random variable B. Continuous ra...

Of 10 students sampled from a class of 200, 8 (80%) said they would like the school library to have longer hours. A. Statistic B. Parameter KEY: A 2. 75% of all students at a school are in favor of more bicycle parking spaces on campus. A. Statistic B. Parameter KEY: B 3. Dyscalculia is a learning disability involving innate difficulty in learning or comprehending mathematics. It is akin to dyslexia and can include confusion about math symbols. Dyscalculia can also occur as the result of some ty...

Question: What proportion of people intends to vote in the next presidential election? Sample: 100 baseball fans at a baseball game. Population: All voters in the next presidential election. A. Representative B. Not representative KEY: B 2. Question: What is the average age of people in Salt Lake City? Sample: 10 people picked randomly from all people living in Salt Lake City. Population: All people living in Salt Lake City. A. Representative B. Not representative KEY: A 3. Question:...

Which statement is not true about hypothesis tests? A. Hypothesis tests are only valid when the sample is representative of the population for the question of interest. B. Hypotheses are statements about the population represented by the samples. C. Hypotheses are statements about the sample (or samples) from the population. D. Conclusions are statements about the population represented by the samples. KEY: C 2. The primary purpose of a significance test is to A. estimate the p-value of ...

Tallies and cross-tabulations are used to summarize which of these variable types? A. Quantitative B. Mathematical C. Continuous D. Categorical KEY: D 2. The table below summarizes observed data on the gender and party membership of 1000 individuals: Party Membership Gender Democrat Republican Total Male 300 300 600 Female 200 200 400 Total 500 500 1000 Which one of the following statements about the relationship between gender and party is suggested by the data in the table? A. Th...

Of 10 students sampled from a class of 200, 8 (80%) said they would like the school library to have longer hours. A. Statistic B. Parameter KEY: A 2. 75% of all students at a school are in favor of more bicycle parking spaces on campus. A. Statistic B. Parameter KEY: B 3. Dyscalculia is a learning disability involving innate difficulty in learning or comprehending mathematics. It is akin to dyslexia and can include confusion about math symbols. Dyscalculia can also occur as the result ...

HCM 213Statistical inference takes information from the ___________ to the ____________. A. sample; population B. population; sample C. neither KEY: A 2. Sampling distributions take information from the ___________ to the ____________. A. sample; population B. population; sample C. neither KEY: B 3. Confidence intervals take information from the ___________ to the ____________. A. sample; population B. population; sample C. neither KEY: A 4. A census takes information from the ___...

Random variable X = the number of letters in a word picked at random out of the dictionary. A. Discrete random variable B. Continuous random variable KEY: A 2. Random variable X = the number of letters in the last name of a student picked at random from a class on English composition. A. Discrete random variable B. Continuous random variable KEY: A 3. Random variable X = the time (in seconds) it takes one email to travel between a sender and receiver. A. Discrete random variable B. Co...

1. Which of the following is the goal of the U.S. health care system? a. Access b. Cost c. Quality d. All of the above Answer: d 2. ACA is the abbreviation for what legislation? a. Accountable Care Organizations b. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act c. Activity Based Costing d. Administrative Cost Accounting Answer: b 3. Which of the following is not a provision that is expected to have a significant impact from the ACA? a. Requirement that all payments for health care be b...