When Would Koch's Postulates Be Utilized

question 64

Multiple Choice

When would Koch's postulates be utilized?

• A) To determine the cause of a patient's illness in a hospital microbiology lab
• B) To develop a new antibiotic in a pharmaceutical lab
• C) To determine the cause of a new disease in a microbiology research lab
• D) To formulate a vaccine against a new pathogen in a genetic engineering lab
• E) Whenever the scienti?c method cannot be used to investigate a microbiological problem

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Sample Statistic

A numerical measure that describes an aspect of a sample drawn from a population.

Standard Deviation

A statistic that measures the dispersion or variability of a dataset relative to its mean.

Standard Deviation

An indicator of the spread or fluctuations in a data set, showing the degree to which the data points deviate from the average value.

Parameter

A numerical characteristic of a statistical population, such as a mean or standard deviation, that describes some aspect of the population.