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thera- pist notices that patients who are on
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return to work, have more positive outcomes
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in rehabilitation than those patients whose
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supervi- sors have a negative attitude
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toward their employee's injury: insisting they
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not return to work until they are at 100%
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What type of test could the therapist use to see
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if these two factors have a measurable
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2. Data analysts at a large metropolitan hospital
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need to determine risk factors associated
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with readmission within 30 days via the
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hospital's emergency room among patients
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with COPD. The variables of interest include
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age, gender, race/ethnicity, insurance status,
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and family support. Which statistical technique
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should be used?
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3. Several community health centers across a rural state
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ANOVA are gathering data on their pre-diabetic
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patients and using A1c levels as a baseline
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measurement to include patients in a research
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project. Three different inter- ventions will be
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applied.
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One group of patients will receive a special
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diet to follow; the second group will work with
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physical ther- apists on a regular exercise
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program; the third group will follow the diet
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and engage in the exercise.
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Which statistical test will be appropriate to use to
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de- termine which treatment is most effective
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in control- ling pre-diabetes?
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will receive
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4. A hospital CFO is analyzing the cost benefits of
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the dietary
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using the patient reminder system, which was
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and
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implemented over a year ago, to see if the
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biomedical
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automated system results in less missed
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interventio
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test is
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past year on volume of patients who did not
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appropriat
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show up to their appointments, to the volume
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of patients of the previous year, who did not
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determinin
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automated system has proven effective. She is
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preferable
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considering other variables as she reviews the
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treatment?
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data, but is primarily analyzing the num-
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ber of "no-show" patients from last year's
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quarterly reports to this year's.
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5. There are two standard treatments for children
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with ADHD who display a specific set of
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characteristics. One treatment is a cognitive
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behavioral intervention, and the other is a
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dietary and biomedical interven- tion. Both
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treatments have equally strong clinical evi-
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dence supporting their efficacy. A researcher
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propos- es a comparison of the two
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interventions to determine which is preferable.
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The children will be randomized to one of two
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groups: half of the children will receive the
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cognitive behavioral intervention and the
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