When Teaching the Patient About X-Ray Safety, You Should ____

question 64

Multiple Choice

When teaching the patient about X-ray safety, you should ____.

• A) tell a female patient to avoid X-rays within 5 days of her menstrual cycle
• B) tell the patient that dental X-rays should be done with wide-beamed plastic cones
• C) scare the patient about radiation so he won't get too many
• D) ask the patient about prior exposure and encourage him to keep a record of past exams
• E) tell the patient to request fluoroscopy instead of standard X-rays because it carries a lower radiation risk

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statement used in hypothesis testing that indicates no effect or no difference, and it's the assumption that the experiment aims to test against.

Test Statistic

A numerical value calculated from a sample data set. It is used in statistical hypothesis testing to determine how extreme the observed data is compared to the null hypothesis.

Standard Error

A statistical measure that quantifies the amount of variability or uncertainty in a sample statistic estimate of a population parameter.

Test Statistic

A calculated value used in statistical testing to determine whether to reject the null hypothesis.