A Nurse Studying the Intersection of Politics and Health Care

question 7

Multiple Choice

A nurse studying the intersection of politics and health care describes the relationship best by saying that:

• A) hiring lobbyists is the most effective way to communicate ideas.
• B) only national organizations really have a voice in health care.
• C) politics provides a means for differing voices to be heard.
• D) voting in elections is the primary way to influence policy.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

An indicator of the degree of variation or spread within a collection of numbers.

Variability

The extent to which data points in a data set differ from each other and from the mean.

Range

The difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set.

Coefficient of Variation

A normalized measure of dispersion of a probability distribution, calculated as the ratio of the standard deviation to the mean, usually expressed as a percentage.