Files of Patients Who Have Died, Moved Away, or for Some

question 67

Multiple Choice

Files of patients who have died, moved away, or for some reason no longer consult the office are considered ____.

• A) inactive files
• B) suspended files
• C) closed files
• D) eliminated files
• E) retained files

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Definitions:

Standard Deviations

Measures the amount of variation or dispersion from the mean in a set of data points.

Empirical Rule

A statistical rule stating that for a normal distribution, nearly all data will fall within three standard deviations (denoted as sigma) of the mean.

Numerical Descriptive Measures

Statistics that quantitatively describe or summarize features of a collection of information, such as mean, median, mode, and range.

Population Measurements

The process of obtaining and analyzing specific characteristics or parameters of a defined group of individuals to generalize findings.