According to What the Text Says About the Use of Jargon

question 63

Multiple Choice

According to what the text says about the use of jargon, studies reveal that providers

• A) overestimate the level of their patients' understanding of medical terms.
• B) tend to blame themselves for their patients' lack of knowledge of medical terms.
• C) accurately report that patients' knowledge of medical terms is quite low.
• D) underestimate the level of their patients' understanding of medical terms.
• E) tend to blame the Internet for the patient's lack of knowledge of medical terms.

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Definitions:

Judgment Sampling

A non-probability sampling technique where the researcher selects units to be sampled based on their knowledge and professional judgment.

Convenience Sampling

A non-probability sampling method where subjects are selected because of their convenient accessibility and proximity to the researcher.

Chi-square Distribution

A statistical distribution that is used to describe the distribution of a sum of the squares of k independent standard normal random variables.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given random-sample-based statistic, used in statistical significance testing.