An Insurance Company Conducted a Study to Determine the Percentage

question 67

Multiple Choice

An insurance company conducted a study to determine the percentage of cardiologists who had been sued for malpractice in the previous four years. The sample was randomly chosen from a national directory of doctors. What is the variable of interest in this study?

• A) the responses: have been sued/have not been sued for malpractice in the last four years
• B) the doctor's area of expertise (i.e., cardiology, pediatrics, etc.)
• C) the number of doctors who are cardiologists
• D) all cardiologists in the directory

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Definitions:

Eudicot

One of the two clades of flowering plants; eudicot seeds

Pith

The central core of tissue in the stems of many vascular plants, often used for storage and transport of nutrients.

Photosynthesis

The process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into chemical energy.

Conduction

The process through which heat or electricity is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature or of electrical potential.