Which One of the Following Causes the Most Severe Illness

question 7

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following causes the most severe illness in humans, with a mortality rate of 30 percent?

• A) western equine encephalitis
• B) West Nile encephalitis
• C) eastern equine encephalitis
• D) California encephalitis
• E) St. Louis encephalitis

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Definitions:

Mann-Whitney Test

A nonparametric test used to compare differences between two independent groups when the dependent variable is either ordinal or continuous, but not normally distributed.

Hypotheses Testing

An analytical technique in statistics that leverages a sample's data to examine a conjecture concerning a characteristic of the entire population.

Population Locations

Typically refers to the geographical distribution of individuals or entities within a given area, used in studies like demography and ecology.

Independent Samples

Samples that are collected without any of the members affecting the other, ensuring that the samples do not influence each other.