Question

3.   The type of statistics that describes the characteristics of a group or population is called _____.
a.   Inferential statistics
b.   Descriptive statistics
c.   Generalized statistics
d.   Mathematical statistics

6.   Which of the following is not used in figuring occupancy rates?
a.   Inpatient service days
b.   Bed count days
c.   Discharges
d.   Days in a period

9.   The adjusted hospital autopsy rate includes _____.
a.   Patients whose bodies are available for hospital autopsy minus coroner’s cases
b.   Patients whose bodies are available for hospital autopsy including coroner’s cases
c.   Only patients who died on the hospital premises
d.   Only Inpatients

16.   Which type of research is subjective and process-oriented?
a.   Quantitative research
b.   Qualitative research
c.   Experimental research
d.   Quasi-experimental research

18.   The criterion used for rejecting the null hypothesis is called _____.
a.   Alternate hypothesis
b.   Type I error
c.   Significance level
d.   Standard error of the mean

19.   The smaller the p value _____.
a.   The more evidence we should reject the null hypothesis
b.   The less evidence we should reject the null hypothesis
c.   The more likely it is that the results are not significant
d.   Has no relationship with significance

23.   Hospital autopsies include which of the following:
a.   Inpatients only
b.   Inpatients, outpatients, and home care patients
c.   Inpatients and outpatients who die in the hospital
d.   Inpatients and any other patient who has at some time been a hospital patient

24.   A hospital-acquired infection is also called which of the following?
a.   Nosocomial death
b.   Post-operative infection
c.   Nosocomial infection
d.   Post-operative death

Answer 1

3.

Majorly there are two types of statistics.

Descriptive statistics

Inferential statistics

Descriptive statistics describes about the characteristics of the population group.

Inferential statistics means drawing inferences from sample group and generalising it to the whole population.

Answer is b. Descriptive statistics

6.

C. Discharges.

Occupancy of the hospital means that number patients being presented in hospital with admission.

It doesn't includes dischanges.

9.

a.   Patients whose bodies are available for hospital autopsy minus coroner’s cases.

Autopsy is the process of examining the dead body to rule out the cause of death, or for organ donation.

Adjusted hospital autopsy rate includes the dead bodies available minus corners cases.

16.

b. Qualitative research.

Qualitative research includes subjective data obtained from the affected persons directly.

Quantitative research includes numerical data obtained by the researchers. Experimental and quasi experimental studies are the types of quantitative research.

So that the answer is qualitative research