The Number of Ions Whose Movement Across the Membrane Creates

question 73

True/False

The number of ions whose movement across the membrane creates the resting membrane potential is so few that their movement does not affect that ion's concentration gradient.

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Confidence Interval

A selection of numerical values, from the analysis of sample stats, predicted to encapsulate the value of an unknown attribute of the population.

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of numbers, calculated by adding all the numbers together and dividing by the count of those numbers.

Standard Error

A statistic that measures the dispersion of sample means around the population mean, estimating the variability within a data set.

Confidence Interval

Newly defined: A measure indicating the reliability of an estimate, often used to infer about the population parameter from sample data.