When Collecting a Specimen for a Pap Test,the Ectocervical Specimen

question 35

Multiple Choice

When collecting a specimen for a Pap test,the ectocervical specimen is obtained using

• A) the S-shaped end of the spatula.
• B) the rounded end of the spatula.
• C) a moistened cotton-tipped applicator.
• D) a cytology brush.

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Definitions:

Skewness

Skewness is a measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable about its mean, indicating whether the data distribution leans to the left or the right.

Data Skewed

Describes data that is not symmetrically distributed, typically shifted towards either the left or right, affecting the dataset's mean, median, and mode.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean.