When Jackie Experienced Her Fourth Miscarriage and Was Soon After

question 38

Multiple Choice

When Jackie experienced her fourth miscarriage and was soon after diagnosed with cervical cancer,her doctor asked if she knew anything about her mother's pregnancy with her.The doctor likely suspects that the drug __________ is behind Jackie's problems.

• A)thalidomide
• B)phencyclidine
• C)darvon
• D)diethylstilbestrol (DES)

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Definitions:

DfBG

Degree of Freedom Between Groups, a statistical parameter used in ANOVA to determine the variability among group means.

DfWG

Degrees of freedom within groups, referring to the number of independent values in the calculation of variance within groups.

One-way ANOVA

A statistical test that assesses whether there are significant differences between the means of three or more independent groups.

DfWG

This term is an abbreviation often used in statistical analysis that typically stands for "Degrees of Freedom Within Groups," referring to the variation of a set of observations within individual groups.