A Newborn Has a Condition That Is Causing His Skin

question 49

Multiple Choice

A newborn has a condition that is causing his skin to appear yellow. This is referred to as:

• A) cyanosis.
• B) hemolysis.
• C) jaundice.
• D) melancholy.

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Definitions:

Effect Size

A quantitative measure of the strength of a phenomenon or the magnitude of a relationship between variables.

Cohen

Often refers to statistical power analysis methods or effect size measures designed by Jacob Cohen, used in hypothesis testing.

Alpha

A threshold value used in hypothesis testing that determines the level of significance, often set at 0.05.

Type I Error

A Type I error occurs in hypothesis testing when a true null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected, falsely indicating a significant effect or difference when there is none.