TEST BANK for Essentials of Health Policy and Law 4th Edition by Joel Teitelbaum and Sara Wilensky. ISBN 9781284195293, ISBN- _TABLE OF CONTENTS_ Part I Setting the Stage: An Overvie w of Health Policy and Law Chapter 1 Understanding the Role of and Conceptualizing Health Policy and Law Chapter 2 P...
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Chapter: Chapter 01 - Quiz
Multiple Choice
1. A subset of the population of interest is often referred to by what statistical term?
A) A sample of individuals
B) A subculture of individuals
C) A class of individuals
D) A minority group
Ans: A
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: What is Biostatistics?
Subject: Chapter 1
2. The measure of uncertainty in a biostatistician’s calculation of a particular outcome that may result from
using a subset of the population to estimate the actual likelihood of the event occurring in the population
as a whole is referred to by what statistical term?
A) A chance error
B) A systematic error
C) A standard error
D) A margin of error
Ans: D
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: How Is the Extent of Disease in a Group or Region Quantified?
Subject: Chapter 1
3. Which of the following most appropriately describes how the data from a cross-sectional study can be
applied to a population?
A) The data generated from a cross-sectional study can be applied to new or changing populations
regardless of the amount of time that has passed since the study was conducted.
B) The data generated from a cross-sectional study is only applicable to the original population of interest
during the time that the study was conducted.
C) The data generated from a cross-sectional study is applicable to any group of individuals with similar
characteristics to the original population of interest.
D) The data generated from a cross-sectional study is applicable to all individuals regardless of how
much those individuals differ from the original population of interest.
,Ans: B
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: How Is the Extent of Disease in a Group or Region Quantified?
Subject: Chapter 1
4. Researchers have conducted a study and determined that the relative risk for developing a cold for
individuals taking vitamin C is 0.47 when compared to the number of participants in the study who
developed a cold while not taking vitamin C. This is an indication of which of the following?
A) This indicates that people who took vitamin C were 47% more likely to catch a cold and that taking
vitamin C makes people more susceptible to catching a cold.
B) This indicates that the individuals taking vitamin C were 47% less likely to catch a cold and that taking
vitamin C has a protective effect, making them less likely to catch a cold.
C) This indicates that the individuals taking vitamin C were 53% less likely to catch a cold and that taking
vitamin C has a protective effect, making them less likely to catch a cold.
D) Only relative risk ratios above one are statistically significant, a relative risk ratio below one indicates
there is no difference between the individuals who take vitamin C and those individuals who do not.
Ans: C
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: How Are Risk Factors or Characteristics That Might Be Related to the Development or
Progression of Disease Identified?
Subject: Chapter 1
5. Which is the most important factor in determining which populations a well-designed study’s results can
be applied to?
A) The inclusion and exclusion criteria for the study
B) The randomization of participants for a study
C) The type of study being conducted
D) The presence of blinding throughout the study
Ans: A
Complexity: Difficult
Ahead: How Is the Effectiveness of a New Drug Determined?
Subject: Chapter 1
True/False
1. True or False? Biostatistics is defined as the application of statistical principles in medicine, public
health, or biology.
Ans: True
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: What Is Biostatistics?
Subject: Chapter 1
, 2. True or False? The data collected in a biostatistics study can be applied to any population regardless
of race, class, and socioeconomic status.
Ans: False
Complexity: Easy
Ahead: What Are the Issues?
Subject: Chapter 1
3. True or False? A relative risk of 5.67 indicates that the group of individuals in a study exposed to the
particular variable of interest are 5.67 times more likely to experience the observed outcome being
studied.
Ans: True
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: How Are Risk Factors or Characteristics That Might Be Related to the Development or
Progression of Disease Identified?
Subject: Chapter 1
4. True or False? Oftentimes it is more difficult to establish a relationship between a particular disease
outcome and a risk factor among older adults because they also have other risk factors for disease.
Ans: True
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: How Are Risk Factors or Characteristics That Might Be Related to the Development or
Progression of Disease Identified?
Subject: Chapter 1
5. True or False? Randomization of clinical trial participants is important to ensure that clinical trial
participants in the treatment group and comparator group allow the study’s results to be generalized to
the population as a whole, and not just the subgroup of individuals that participated in the study because
of the balance promoted through the randomization process.
Ans: False
Complexity: Moderate
Ahead: How Is the Effectiveness of a New Drug Determined?
Subject: Chapter 1
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