You Would Like to Get Some Information About How a Particular

question 97

Multiple Choice

You would like to get some information about how a particular brain area functions. But you cannot destroy the area or stimulate the area and you do not want to work with a patient who has brain damage. Which of the following would be best to use?

• A)TMS
• B)Angiogram
• C)Observe a Hebb synapse
• D)A Trail Making test
• E)EEG

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Definitions:

Sample

A subset of a population selected for observation and analysis.

Population

The total set of individuals, items, or data points that are of interest in a statistical analysis, from which samples may be drawn for study.

Descriptive

Descriptive refers to the statistical techniques or studies that aim to summarize or describe a set of data without making inferential predictions or determinations about the data.

Nominal

Describing a data classification that categorizes data without a natural order or ranking.