Question

Identify the type of sample in the following:

a. simple random sample,

b. systematic random,

c. stratified random,

d. cluster,

e. judgment,

f. quota,

g. convenience,

h. snowball

1.___________ A health information professional is gathering information for a study from the coding professionals in her department.

2.___________ The marketing department of your facility will choose 50 patient satisfaction surveys from patients age 35-45.

3.___________ A researcher will study the incidence of cancer in your state. First he selects the city, then the hospitals, and finally the patients to study.

4.___________ A researcher would like to study nurse practitioners who treat diabetic children in your state. He finds the first nurse practitioners to interview then ask her to identify two others for him to interview. He intend to ask those two for two additional names and so on.

5.___________ Your colleges are conducting a study on study habits of students. The first thing they do is divide the study body into undergraduate and graduate students; then they select random sample of each group to interview.

6.__________ Your were asked by the health information committee to evaluate the discharge summaries on every tenth patient discharged last quarter.

7.__________ A health information researcher wants to report on the salary of professionals over the last year. She uses a database from American Health Information Management Association in which every person has the same chance of being selected for the study.

8.___________ A health information researcher wants to study the effects on the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act( HIPAA) regulations on employees so she selects privacy officers with at least 5 years of experience to interview.

Answer 1