Which Characteristics Are Most Likely to Be Present in the Patient

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which characteristics are most likely to be present in the patient with dementia?

• A) Forgets things relatively quickly and is usually unable to learn new things
• B) Can remember new tasks but will forget any previously taught tasks
• C) Cannot learn new information but will probably remember anything you ask about the past
• D) Responds well to reality orientation and needs to have a flexible schedule

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Definitions:

Categorical Data

Data that fit into distinct categories such as zip code or academic major.

Continuous Data

Data with incremental values between the minimum and maximum. For example, age can have values of years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, or seconds.

Frequencies

The counts or occurrences of specific events or characteristics in a set of data.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a single value as representative of the middle of a dataset, commonly by using the mean, median, or mode.