To Measure T-Cell Response to a Particular Antigen

question 19

Multiple Choice

To measure T-cell response to a particular antigen,

• A)the antigen is added to a purified population of T cells, and tritiated thymidine is added to measure T-cell proliferation
• B)the antigen is added to T cells and antigen-presenting cells, and tritiated thymidine is added to measure T-cell proliferation
• C)the antigen is added to T cells and antigen-presenting cells, and Chromium 51 is added to measure T-cell proliferation
• D)mitogen and the antigen is added to mononuclear cells, and tritiated thymidine is added to measure T-cell proliferation

Understand and apply the plus four method for estimating proportion and standard errors.

Determine the P-value for hypothesis tests concerning proportions.

Understand how sample size affects confidence intervals.

Conduct hypothesis tests concerning differences in proportions and interpret the results.

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