HLT 362V Applied Statistics for Health Care Professionals Quiz 2 Completed and Graded A

1. To obtain a sample of 20 patients in ICU, clinician goes to the ICU and selects the current patients. This is an example of a:
A. Judgement sampling
B. Snowball sampling
C. Convemence sampling
D. Simple random sampling
2. A Type I error is committed when
A. We do not reject a null hypothesis that is true.
B. We do not reject a null hypothesis that is false.
C. We reject a null hypothesis that is true.
D. We reject a null hypothesis that is false.
3. Which of the following would be an appropriate null hypothesis?
A. The mean of a population is greater than 65.
B. The mean of a population is equal to 65.
C. The mean of the sample is greater than 65.
D. The mean of a sample is equal to 65.
4. Quantitative research strives for quality and the ability to apply the analysis to a broader population. This is referred to as
A. Normality
B. Reliability
C. Generalization
D. Validity
5. Scenario Based Question: If you were conducting a study of blood pressure readings in a hospital unit, compared AM and PM readings, and assumed the data were normally distributed and variances were equal, what type of statistical test would be conducted?
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