What Is the Purpose of a Laboratory Report

question 23

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a laboratory report?

• A) To indicate the patient diagnosis
• B) To relay the results of laboratory tests to the provider
• C) To order laboratory tests on a patient
• D) To indicate the patient prognosis

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Definitions:

Effect Sizes

A quantitative measure of the magnitude of a phenomenon, used to compare the strength of relationships or the size of differences across studies.

Systematic Replications

This involves repeating a study's methodology with different participants and contexts to verify the original findings' reliability across various conditions.

External Validity

The measure of how transferable a study's results are to alternative conditions and diverse groups.

Descriptive Replications

Studies that repeat previous research with the goal of verifying the accuracy of the original findings.