Which of the Following Questions Would Be BEST to Obtain

question 27

Multiple Choice

Which of the following questions would be BEST to obtain an unbiased answer from the patient regarding pain?

• A)Is your left knee painful?
• B)How severely does your back hurt?
• C)Is the pain stabbing or throbbing?
• D)Where are your symptoms located?

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Definitions:

Sample

A group or set collected from a larger population for the purpose of statistical analysis, representing the larger group.

Hypothesis Testing

A statistical method that uses sample data to evaluate a hypothesis about a population parameter.

Statistical Analyses

The process of applying statistical methods to data in order to summarize, describe, and infer properties of the underlying distribution.