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In the following data set the absolute frequency for 99/min is:Date and Time and Pulse Rate RecordedJan. 5, 8:00 a.m. – 100/minJan. 5, 12:00 noon – 102/minJan. 5, 4:00 p.m. – 99/minJan. 5, 8:00 p.m. – 99/minJan. 5, 12:00 midnight – 102/minJan. 6, 4:00 a.m.  – 98/minJan. 6, 8:00 a.m.  – 99/min

True or False?  A short description that communicates an organization’s social and cultural beliefs is a vision statement.

A systematic comparison of products, services and outcomes of one organization to those of a similar organization(s) is called a/an _____.

A PI team role primarily responsible for ensuring that an effective performance improvement process occurs by serving as advisor and consultant to the PI team, remaining a neutral, nonvoting member, suggesting alternative PI methods and techniques to keep the team on target and moving forward, maintaining group dynamics, acting as coach and motivator for the team, assisting in consensus building when necessary, and recognizing team and individual achievements is the _____.

Suppose you conduct a hypothesis test to determine whether or not the average height of first grade students is less than 46 inches. You conduct this test at the 0.05 significance level and find that the p-value = 0.07.  What decision do you make?

A research team is investigating whether the percentage of consumers who favor shopping via mobile apps exceeds 65%. In a randomly selected group of 250 consumers, 175 expressed a preference for shopping through mobile apps. Calculate a 90% confidence interval for the proportion. Based on this interval, decide if there is adequate evidence to support the research team’s hypothesis.

One common disease among pediatric patients is streptococcal pharyngitis (strep throat). If a pediatric patient comes in to the pediatricians feeling ill, there is a 26% chance that they have strep throat. A doctor sees 7 pediatric patients on a particular day (assume these patients are independent). Consider the random variable is a binomial random variable such that X = number of pediatric patients with strep throat. What is the chance that at least one of them has strep throat?

In October 2018, a random sample of 2,000 Americans found that 26% of them knew how many amendments to the U.S. Constitution comprised the Bill of Rights. Calculate a 99% confidence interval for the proportion of Americans that know how many amendments there are in the Bill of Rights.

A client presents to the emergency department with pneumonia who is demonstrating dyspnea and refractory hypoxemia. The nurse understands the client has likely developed [diagnosis]. The nurse should anticipate [treatment].

A client with a history of several episodes of acute glomerulonephritis over the past several years,  presents to the ED with new complaints of nocturia, intermittent periods of heavy nose bleeds and weight loss.  Current lab work reports elevated BUN and creatinine levels.  What assessment findings does the nurse anticipate?