In Regard to Giving a Patient Is Given a Second

question 1

Multiple Choice

In regard to giving a patient is given a second heart transplant, it is true that:

• A) Patients receiving second heart transplants live longer, on average, than first-time recipients.
• B) It costs much less to give a patient a second heart transplant than to give the heart to a first-time recipient.
• C) Re-transplanting the same patient is not an example of the Rule of Rescue.
• D) Patients are often given a second or third transplant because the transplant teams feel that to let a transplant recipient die is to abandon him.
• E) A national policy allowing re-transplantation of the same patient gets the most years of human life per organ transplanted.

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Definitions:

Hypothesis

An if–then statement of conjecture that relates variables to one another and is used to reflect the general problem statement or question that is the motivation for asking a research question.

Directional Research Hypothesis

A research hypothesis that posits a difference between groups in one direction.

Nondirectional Research Hypothesis

A research hypothesis that posits a difference between groups but not in either direction. See Directional Research Hypothesis.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that there is no significant difference or effect, serving as the default assumption that is tested against.