Choose the Term That Describes the Stress on the Spine

question 49

Multiple Choice

Choose the term that describes the stress on the spine created by tension in the resting ligaments.

• A)prestress
• B)primary spinal curves
• C)scoliosis
• D)secondary spinal curves

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A scope of values, derived through sample statistical methods, seen as likely to include the value of an unascertained population parameter.

Population Mean

The average of a set of numerical values obtained from every member of a population.

Robust Estimator

A statistical method or measure that is not unduly affected by outliers or deviations from assumptions in the underlying data distribution.

Nonnormality

The deviation from the normal distribution in a set of data, where the data does not follow a bell-curve shape.