Perhaps the Most Essential Action for the Medical Assistant Working

question 12

Multiple Choice

Perhaps the most essential action for the medical assistant working with a patient and using an electronic record is to

• A) make frequent eye contact with the patient and smile.
• B) type in every word the patient says.
• C) make sure the patient is not hiding any part of the health history.
• D) sit in a chair across from the patient so that the person cannot see the screen.

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Definitions:

Parameter Estimates

Statistical values that estimate the characteristics or parameters of a population based on data from a sample.

Multicollinearity

A statistical phenomenon in which two or more predictor variables in a multiple regression model are highly correlated, potentially distorting the model's coefficients.

Standard Error

Standard error measures the accuracy with which a sample represents a population. It is the standard deviation of the sample's means distribution.

Regression Coefficients

Quantitative measures that represent the relationship between a predictor variable and the response variable in a regression model.