A Patient Has Been Diagnosed with Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (Mad

question 15

Multiple Choice

A patient has been diagnosed with Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (mad cow disease) . The nurse recognizes this disease is caused by a:

• A) prion.
• B) virus.
• C) protozoa.
• D) fungus.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

An encompassing array of values, from sample data statistics, perceived to contain the unknown value of a population parameter.

Population Mean

The average of all the values in a population, representing the central tendency.

Standard Deviation

An index that gauges the degree of fluctuation or deviation within a group of data entries.

Null Hypothesis

A default hypothesis that there is no effect or no difference, and it is the assumption to be tested in statistical hypothesis testing.