Please Select the INCORRECTLY Matched Pair

question 22

Multiple Choice

Please select the INCORRECTLY matched pair.

• A) Bacterial endospores - highly resistant.
• B) D-value - time to destroy 10% of microbes present.
• C) Critical instrument - scalpels and needles.
• D) Incineration - burns cells to ashes.
• E) Sterilants - destroy all microbes including endospores and viruses.

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Definitions:

Correlation Coefficient

A statistical measure that indicates the extent to which two or more variables fluctuate together.

Correlational Approach

A nonexperimental method in which the researcher merely observes whether variables are associated or related.

Field Experiment

A study conducted in a real-world setting where the researcher manipulates one or more variables to observe their effect on a specific outcome.

Meta-analysis

A statistical technique that combines the results of multiple scientific studies to obtain a more precise effect size of the results.