The Second Set of Numbers in the National Drug Code

question 37

Multiple Choice

The second set of numbers in the National Drug Code (NDC) number identifies:

• A) Drug manufacturer
• B) Specific product information
• C) Drug packaging
• D) All of the above

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Definitions:

Sample Variance

A measure of how datapoints in a sample are spread out from their sample mean, quantifying the extent of variation within the sample.

Kurtosis

A measure of the "tailedness" of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable; high kurtosis indicates a distribution with heavy tails and a sharp peak, while low kurtosis indicates a flatter distribution.

Histogram

This is a graphical representation of data using bars of different heights where each bar groups numbers into ranges.

Unimodal

Describing a distribution with a single peak or mode, representing the most frequently occurring value.