GCU HLT362 Week 1 Quiz Latest 2019 JULY

HLT362 Applied Statistics for Health Care Professionals

Week 1 Quiz

• When a researcher uses a random sample of 400 to make conclusions about a larger population, this is an example of:

•Descriptive statistics

•Demographics

•Inferential statistics

•Dependent variables

• If a study is comparing number of falls by age, age is considered what type of variable?

•Interval

•Ordinal

•Ratio

•Nominal

• Validity is:

•A data item, such as characteristics, numbers, properties, or quantities, that can be measured or counted.

•The extent to which an idea or measurement is well-founded and an accurate representation of the real world.

•A measurement level with equal distances between the points and a zero-starting point.

•Raw unorganized information from which conclusions can be made.

• Data is defined as:

•A data item, such as characteristics, numbers, properties, or quantities, that can be measured or counted.

•The extent to which an idea or measurement is well-founded and an accurate representation of the real world.

•A measurement level with equal distances between the points and a zero-starting point.

•Raw unorganized information from which conclusions can be made.

• The average of the collected data is known as:

•Mean

•Median

•Variance

•Range

• The experimental or predictor variable is an example of:

•Extraneous variable

•Dependent variable

•Independent variable

•Nominal data

• Level of measurement that defines the relationship between things and assigns an order or ranking to each thing is known as:

•Interval

•Ordinal

•Ratio

•Nominal

• A variable is considered:

•A data item, such as characteristics, numbers, properties, or quantities, that can be measured or counted.

•A component of mathematics that looks at gathered data.

•Statistics designed to allow the researcher to infer characteristics regarding a population from sample population.

•External and internal influences within a study that can affect the validity and reliability of the outcomes.

• External and internal influences within a study that can affect the validity and reliability of outcomes is called:

•Continuous variables

•Demographics

•Bias

•Standard deviation

• The subset of the population to be studied is called:

•Sample

•Variable

•Population

•Demographic