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An organized arrangement of data, usually in columns and rows.

Physicians from the Community Physician’s Clinic are trying to convince their administration that they need more exam rooms to accommodate their patients. They ask the HIM manager to construct a graph showing the number of patients seen in the last year by the clinic physicians. The categories they wish to have displayed are primary care: 6,798; medical specialties: 3,423; surgical specialties: 3,367; and hospital outpatients: 1,209. Which type of graph would be appropriate?

Community Hospital conducted a year-long study to measure the effect of smoking upon the birth weight of a newborn. In 20XX, the following information was collected for each mother and her newborn, who participated in the study.   Mother smoked during the pregnancy: Yes   No Newborn birth weight (g): ____________________ (g) APGAR score after 1 minute: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 APGAR score after 5 minutes: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Birth date: _____/_____/2010 Sex of newborn: Male   Female   The scales of the above variables are:

Which of the following graphs would be best to use to display the percentages of diagnoses seen at your mental health center?

A type of graph that is used to illustrate the relationship between continuous measurements / data over time.

What are the three important reasons a literature review would be performed before a study? 1.        To determine whether research has already been done on the question. 2.        To define the study. 3.        To determine whether any data sources can be used in the study. 4.        To develop a null hypothesis. 5.        Design the research 6.        To help make the hypothesis more specific

Dr. Gunter, a physician at the Community Physician’s Clinic, developed a weight loss program that he instituted with some volunteer patients. After six months he is interested in studying whether or not the weight loss program is working. This is an example of _____.

True or false? It is not necessary to validate statistical reports in a healthcare setting if they are computer generated. Computers don’t make calculation mistakes.

Which one of the following is correct about the second paragraph in col. 1 on p. 172? (the paragraph that begins, “Moreover, some argue”)

On p. 124, Goldman writes, The death of a patient, inevitable as it is in many cases, may appear as an ultimate defeat to the medical art, as something to be fought by any means, even after life has lost all value and meaning for the patient himself. Who is Goldman saying may have this thought?