Which of the Following Is True

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true?

• A) Dentist David Acer accidentally infected his patient Kimberly Bergalis.
• B) NuShawn Williams was wrongly accused of infecting over two-dozen young women with HIV.
• C) Although education was attempted, the incidence of new cases of HIV has not been reduced recently in Thailand.
• D) The first proven case of HIV in humans was from a blood sample collected in 1959.
• E) The U.S. Supreme Court recently considered, but did not drastically modify, its previous ruling in Bowers vs. Hardwick.

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Definitions:

Binomial Experiment

A statistical experiment that fits the binomial distribution; characterized by fixed number of trials, two possible outcomes per trial, independent trials, and constant probability of success.

Trials

In statistics and research, trials refer to individual attempts or experiments conducted to test a hypothesis or observe outcomes.

Poisson Distribution

A discrete frequency distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events happening in a fixed interval of time or space.

Probability

The calculation of how likely an event is to occur, with its value determined to be between 0 and 1.