Four Surgical Procedures Currently Are Used to Install Pacemakers

question 1

Multiple Choice

Four surgical procedures currently are used to install pacemakers.If the patient does not need to
Return for follow-up surgery, the operation is called a "clear" operation.A heart center wants to
Compare the 4 procedures, and collects the following numbers of patients from their own records:
Which of the following tests will be the most appropriate to find out whether the 4 procedures
Are equally effective?

• A) test for difference in proportions.
• B) Z test for difference in proportions.
• C) One-way ANOVA F test for differences among more than two means
• D) Kruskal-Wallis rank Test.

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